#C8B264#C8B264

#C8B264 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.102 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B264
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 100)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 50%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -2.31, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 42.53, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0072 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.102 94)
XYZ	xyz(42.0415, 45.0420, 18.5336)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B264 #647AC8

analogous

#C88064 #C8B264 #ACC864

triadic

#C8B264 #64C8B2 #B264C8

tetradic

#C8B264 #64C880 #647AC8 #C864AC

square

#C8B264 #64C880 #647AC8 #C864AC

split-complementary

#C8B264 #64ACC8 #8064C8

monochromatic

#83702F #B0973F #C8B264 #D8C891 #E8DFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B264 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#C8B264 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B264

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B264	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B264	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b264;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.102 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc892',
    500: '#c8b264',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b264;
$custom-light: #dbc892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b264",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7658,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.4504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B264

secondary

#B0B9D8

accent

#6ED751

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B264

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

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