#C8B265#C8B265

#C8B265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.101 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B265
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 101)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 49.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -2.22, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 42.04, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0068 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.101 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0902, 45.0615, 18.7901)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B265 #657BC8

analogous

#C88165 #C8B265 #ADC865

triadic

#C8B265 #65C8B2 #B265C8

tetradic

#C8B265 #65C881 #657BC8 #C865AD

square

#C8B265 #65C881 #657BC8 #C865AD

split-complementary

#C8B265 #65ADC8 #8165C8

monochromatic

#84712F #B1973F #C8B265 #D8C992 #E8DFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#C8B265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B265

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B265	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)

#C0AF5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.101 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc892',
    500: '#c8b265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b265;
$custom-light: #dbc892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76594,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B265

secondary

#B1BAD8

accent

#6FD751

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B265

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

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