#C8B253#C8B253

#C8B253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.118 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B253
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -3.71, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 50.64, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0132 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.118 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3028, 44.7465, 14.6433)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B253 #5369C8

analogous

#C87753 #C8B253 #A3C853

triadic

#C8B253 #53C8B2 #B253C8

tetradic

#C8B253 #53C877 #5369C8 #C853A3

square

#C8B253 #53C877 #5369C8 #C853A3

split-complementary

#C8B253 #53A3C8 #7753C8

monochromatic

#7A6A27 #A89336 #C8B253 #D7C781 #E6DCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C8B253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B253

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B253	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.118 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc886',
    500: '#c8b253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b253;
$custom-light: #dbc886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.718,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76363,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B253

secondary

#A3ACD4

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B253

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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