#C8B262#C8B262

#C8B262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.104 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B262
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -2.49, 43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 43.51, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0079 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.104 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9458, 45.0038, 18.0300)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B262 #6278C8

analogous

#C87F62 #C8B262 #ABC862

triadic

#C8B262 #62C8B2 #B262C8

tetradic

#C8B262 #62C87F #6278C8 #C862AB

square

#C8B262 #62C87F #6278C8 #C862AB

split-complementary

#C8B262 #62ABC8 #7F62C8

monochromatic

#82702E #AF973D #C8B262 #D8C88F #E8DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C8B262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B262

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B262	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)

#C1AF5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.104 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc890',
    500: '#c8b262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b262;
$custom-light: #dbc890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76552,
    "c": 0.10363,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B262

secondary

#AFB7D7

accent

#6DD850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B262

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

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