#C8B256#C8B256

#C8B256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.115 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B256
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -3.49, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 49.25, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0122 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.115 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4211, 44.7939, 15.2666)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B256 #566CC8

analogous

#C87956 #C8B256 #A5C856

triadic

#C8B256 #56C8B2 #B256C8

tetradic

#C8B256 #56C879 #566CC8 #C856A5

square

#C8B256 #56C879 #566CC8 #C856A5

split-complementary

#C8B256 #56A5C8 #7956C8

monochromatic

#7B6B28 #AA9437 #C8B256 #D7C784 #E6DCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C8B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B256

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B256	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)

#C2AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.115 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc888',
    500: '#c8b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b256;
$custom-light: #dbc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76398,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B256

secondary

#A5AED4

accent

#69DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B256

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

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