#C8B257#C8B257

#C8B257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.114 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B257
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -3.41, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 48.78, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0118 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.114 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4617, 44.8101, 15.4802)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B257 #576DC8

analogous

#C87A57 #C8B257 #A6C857

triadic

#C8B257 #57C8B2 #B257C8

tetradic

#C8B257 #57C87A #576DC8 #C857A6

square

#C8B257 #57C87A #576DC8 #C857A6

split-complementary

#C8B257 #57A6C8 #7A57C8

monochromatic

#7C6C29 #AA9438 #C8B257 #D7C785 #E6DCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C8B257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B257

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B257	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)

#C2AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.114 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc889',
    500: '#c8b257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b257;
$custom-light: #dbc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7641,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B257

secondary

#A6AFD5

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B257

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

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