#C8B260#C8B260

#C8B260 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.106 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B260
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 52%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -2.67, 44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 44.48, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0086 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.106 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8526, 44.9665, 17.5389)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B260 #6076C8

analogous

#C87E60 #C8B260 #AAC860

triadic

#C8B260 #60C8B2 #B260C8

tetradic

#C8B260 #60C87E #6076C8 #C860AA

square

#C8B260 #60C87E #6076C8 #C860AA

split-complementary

#C8B260 #60AAC8 #7E60C8

monochromatic

#816F2D #AE963C #C8B260 #D8C88D #E7DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#C8B260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B260

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B260	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.106 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc88f',
    500: '#c8b260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b260;
$custom-light: #dbc88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76525,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B260

secondary

#ADB6D7

accent

#6DD850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B260

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

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