#C8B353#C8B353

#C8B353 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.119 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B353
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -4.24, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 50.98, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0147 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.119 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5025, 45.1459, 14.7099)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B353 #5368C8

analogous

#C87853 #C8B353 #A2C853

triadic

#C8B353 #53C8B3 #B353C8

tetradic

#C8B353 #53C878 #5368C8 #C853A2

square

#C8B353 #53C878 #5368C8 #C853A2

split-complementary

#C8B353 #53A2C8 #7853C8

monochromatic

#7A6B27 #A89436 #C8B353 #D7C781 #E6DCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#C8B353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B353

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B353	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.119 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc987',
    500: '#c8b353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b353;
$custom-light: #dbc987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76571,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B353

secondary

#A3ACD4

accent

#66DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B353

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

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