#C8B358#C8B358

#C8B358 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.114 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B358
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 88)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 56%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -3.86, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 48.65, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.013 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.114 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7025, 45.2260, 15.7635)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B358 #586DC8

analogous

#C87B58 #C8B358 #A5C858

triadic

#C8B358 #58C8B3 #B358C8

tetradic

#C8B358 #58C87B #586DC8 #C858A5

square

#C8B358 #58C87B #586DC8 #C858A5

split-complementary

#C8B358 #58A5C8 #7B58C8

monochromatic

#7D6D29 #AB9538 #C8B358 #D7C886 #E6DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B358 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C8B358 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B358

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B358	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B358	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)

#C2AF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b358;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.114 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc98a',
    500: '#c8b358',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b358;
$custom-light: #dbc98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b358",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7663,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B358

secondary

#A7B0D5

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B358

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

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