#C8B25A#C8B25A

#C8B25A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.111 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B25A
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -3.17, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 47.36, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0108 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.111 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5868, 44.8602, 16.1392)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B25A #5A70C8

analogous

#C87B5A #C8B25A #A7C85A

triadic

#C8B25A #5AC8B2 #B25AC8

tetradic

#C8B25A #5AC87B #5A70C8 #C85AA7

square

#C8B25A #5AC87B #5A70C8 #C85AA7

split-complementary

#C8B25A #5AA7C8 #7B5AC8

monochromatic

#7E6D2A #AC9539 #C8B25A #D7C788 #E7DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B25A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C8B25A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B25A

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B25A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B25A	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)

#C1AF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b25a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.111 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc88b',
    500: '#c8b25a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b25a;
$custom-light: #dbc88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b25a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76447,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B25A

secondary

#A8B1D5

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B25A

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

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