#C8B359#C8B359

#C8B359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.113 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B359
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -3.78, 48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 48.18, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0127 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.113 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7442, 45.2426, 15.9831)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B359 #596EC8

analogous

#C87C59 #C8B359 #A5C859

triadic

#C8B359 #59C8B3 #B359C8

tetradic

#C8B359 #59C87C #596EC8 #C859A5

square

#C8B359 #59C87C #596EC8 #C859A5

split-complementary

#C8B359 #59A5C8 #7C59C8

monochromatic

#7D6D29 #AB9539 #C8B359 #D7C887 #E6DDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#C8B359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B359

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B359	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.113 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc98a',
    500: '#c8b359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b359;
$custom-light: #dbc98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76642,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B359

secondary

#A8B0D5

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B359

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

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