#C8B35B#C8B35B

#C8B35B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.111 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B35B
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -3.62, 47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 47.23, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.012 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.111 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8294, 45.2767, 16.4314)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B35B #5B70C8

analogous

#C87C5B #C8B35B #A7C85B

triadic

#C8B35B #5BC8B3 #B35BC8

tetradic

#C8B35B #5BC87C #5B70C8 #C85BA7

square

#C8B35B #5BC87C #5B70C8 #C85BA7

split-complementary

#C8B35B #5BA7C8 #7C5BC8

monochromatic

#7E6E2A #AC963A #C8B35B #D7C889 #E7DDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#C8B35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B35B

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B35B	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.111 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc98c',
    500: '#c8b35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b35b;
$custom-light: #dbc98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.44,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76667,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B35B

secondary

#A9B2D6

accent

#69D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B35B

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

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