#C8B35A#C8B35A

#C8B35A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.112 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B35A
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -3.70, 47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 47.71, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0123 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.112 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7865, 45.2595, 16.2058)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B35A #5A6FC8

analogous

#C87C5A #C8B35A #A6C85A

triadic

#C8B35A #5AC8B3 #B35AC8

tetradic

#C8B35A #5AC87C #5A6FC8 #C85AA6

square

#C8B35A #5AC87C #5A6FC8 #C85AA6

split-complementary

#C8B35A #5AA6C8 #7C5AC8

monochromatic

#7E6E2A #AC9639 #C8B35A #D7C888 #E7DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#C8B35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B35A

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B35A	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)

#C2AF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.112 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc98b',
    500: '#c8b35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b35a;
$custom-light: #dbc98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.545,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76654,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B35A

secondary

#A8B1D5

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B35A

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

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