#C8B26D#C8B26D

#C8B26D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.092 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B26D
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 109)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 45.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -1.45, 38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 38.07, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0037 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.092 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5014, 45.2260, 20.9558)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B26D #6D83C8

analogous

#C8846D #C8B26D #B0C86D

triadic

#C8B26D #6DC8B2 #B26DC8

tetradic

#C8B26D #6DC884 #6D83C8 #C86DB0

square

#C8B26D #6DC884 #6D83C8 #C86DB0

split-complementary

#C8B26D #6DB0C8 #846DC8

monochromatic

#887333 #B49944 #C8B26D #D9C999 #E9E1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B26D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C8B26D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B26D

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B26D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B26D	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b26d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.092 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac898',
    500: '#c8b26d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b26d;
$custom-light: #dac898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b26d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.495,
    "s": 45.274,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76715,
    "c": 0.09219,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B26D

secondary

#B7BFDA

accent

#4FB82D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B26D

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

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