#C8B259#C8B259

#C8B259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.112 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B259
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -3.25, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 47.84, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0111 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.112 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5446, 44.8433, 15.9165)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B259 #596FC8

analogous

#C87B59 #C8B259 #A7C859

triadic

#C8B259 #59C8B2 #B259C8

tetradic

#C8B259 #59C87B #596FC8 #C859A7

square

#C8B259 #59C87B #596FC8 #C859A7

split-complementary

#C8B259 #59A7C8 #7B59C8

monochromatic

#7D6D29 #AB9439 #C8B259 #D7C787 #E6DDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C8B259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B259

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B259	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.112 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc88a',
    500: '#c8b259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b259;
$custom-light: #dbc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76434,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B259

secondary

#A8B1D5

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B259

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

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