#C8B255#C8B255

#C8B255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.116 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B255
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -3.57, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 49.72, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0125 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.116 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3811, 44.7779, 15.0559)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B255 #556BC8

analogous

#C87855 #C8B255 #A4C855

triadic

#C8B255 #55C8B2 #B255C8

tetradic

#C8B255 #55C878 #556BC8 #C855A4

square

#C8B255 #55C878 #556BC8 #C855A4

split-complementary

#C8B255 #55A4C8 #7855C8

monochromatic

#7B6B28 #A99337 #C8B255 #D7C783 #E6DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C8B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B255

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B255	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.116 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc888',
    500: '#c8b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b255;
$custom-light: #dbc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76386,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B255

secondary

#A5AED4

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B255

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

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