#C8B263#C8B263

#C8B263 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.103 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B263
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 99)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 50.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -2.40, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 43.02, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0075 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.103 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9934, 45.0228, 18.2802)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B263 #6379C8

analogous

#C87F63 #C8B263 #ABC863

triadic

#C8B263 #63C8B2 #B263C8

tetradic

#C8B263 #63C87F #6379C8 #C863AB

square

#C8B263 #63C87F #6379C8 #C863AB

split-complementary

#C8B263 #63ABC8 #7F63C8

monochromatic

#83702E #B0973E #C8B263 #D8C890 #E8DFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C8B263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B263

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B263	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)

#C1AF5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.103 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc891',
    500: '#c8b263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b263;
$custom-light: #dbc891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.931,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76566,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B263

secondary

#AFB8D7

accent

#6ED750

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B263

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

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