#C8B357#C8B357

#C8B357 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B357
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -3.94, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 49.12, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0133 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.115 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6614, 45.2095, 15.5468)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B357 #576CC8

analogous

#C87B57 #C8B357 #A5C857

triadic

#C8B357 #57C8B3 #B357C8

tetradic

#C8B357 #57C87B #576CC8 #C857A5

square

#C8B357 #57C87B #576CC8 #C857A5

split-complementary

#C8B357 #57A5C8 #7B57C8

monochromatic

#7C6D29 #AA9538 #C8B357 #D7C885 #E6DDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C8B357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B357

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B357	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)

#C3AF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc989',
    500: '#c8b357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b357;
$custom-light: #dbc989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76618,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B357

secondary

#A6AFD5

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B357

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

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