#C8B356#C8B356

#C8B356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B356
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -4.01, 49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 49.59, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0137 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.116 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6208, 45.1933, 15.3331)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B356 #566BC8

analogous

#C87A56 #C8B356 #A4C856

triadic

#C8B356 #56C8B3 #B356C8

tetradic

#C8B356 #56C87A #566BC8 #C856A4

square

#C8B356 #56C87A #566BC8 #C856A4

split-complementary

#C8B356 #56A4C8 #7A56C8

monochromatic

#7B6C28 #AA9537 #C8B356 #D7C884 #E6DDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C8B356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B356

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B356	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)

#C3AF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc988',
    500: '#c8b356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b356;
$custom-light: #dbc988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76606,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B356

secondary

#A5AED4

accent

#67DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B356

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

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