#C8B261#C8B261

#C8B261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.105 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B261
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -2.58, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 44.00, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0083 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.105 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8989, 44.9850, 17.7829)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B261 #6177C8

analogous

#C87E61 #C8B261 #ABC861

triadic

#C8B261 #61C8B2 #B261C8

tetradic

#C8B261 #61C87E #6177C8 #C861AB

square

#C8B261 #61C87E #6177C8 #C861AB

split-complementary

#C8B261 #61ABC8 #7E61C8

monochromatic

#826F2D #AF973D #C8B261 #D8C88E #E8DEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C8B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B261

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B261	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.105 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc890',
    500: '#c8b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b261;
$custom-light: #dbc890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.184,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76538,
    "c": 0.10464,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B261

secondary

#AEB7D7

accent

#6DD850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B261

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

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