#C8B258#C8B258

#C8B258 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.113 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B258
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 88)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 56%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -3.33, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 48.31, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0115 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.113 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5028, 44.8266, 15.6969)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B258 #586EC8

analogous

#C87A58 #C8B258 #A6C858

triadic

#C8B258 #58C8B2 #B258C8

tetradic

#C8B258 #58C87A #586EC8 #C858A6

square

#C8B258 #58C87A #586EC8 #C858A6

split-complementary

#C8B258 #58A6C8 #7A58C8

monochromatic

#7D6C29 #AB9438 #C8B258 #D7C786 #E6DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C8B258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B258

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B258	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)

#C2AE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.113 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc88a',
    500: '#c8b258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b258;
$custom-light: #dbc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76422,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B258

secondary

#A7B0D5

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B258

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

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