#C8B355#C8B355

#C8B355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.117 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B355
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -4.09, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 50.06, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.014 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.117 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5808, 45.1773, 15.1224)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B355 #556AC8

analogous

#C87955 #C8B355 #A4C855

triadic

#C8B355 #55C8B3 #B355C8

tetradic

#C8B355 #55C879 #556AC8 #C855A4

square

#C8B355 #55C879 #556AC8 #C855A4

split-complementary

#C8B355 #55A4C8 #7955C8

monochromatic

#7B6C28 #A99437 #C8B355 #D7C883 #E6DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C8B355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B355

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B355	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)

#C3AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.117 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc988',
    500: '#c8b355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b355;
$custom-light: #dbc988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.043,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76594,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B355

secondary

#A5ADD4

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B355

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

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