#C8B35D#C8B35D

#C8B35D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.109 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B35D
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -3.45, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 46.28, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0112 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.109 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9168, 45.3117, 16.8919)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B35D #5D72C8

analogous

#C87D5D #C8B35D #A8C85D

triadic

#C8B35D #5DC8B3 #B35DC8

tetradic

#C8B35D #5DC87D #5D72C8 #C85DA8

square

#C8B35D #5DC87D #5D72C8 #C85DA8

split-complementary

#C8B35D #5DA8C8 #7D5DC8

monochromatic

#7F6F2B #AD973B #C8B35D #D8C88B #E7DEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#C8B35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B35D

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B35D	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)

#C2B055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.109 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc98d',
    500: '#c8b35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b35d;
$custom-light: #dbc98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.224,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76693,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B35D

secondary

#ABB3D6

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B35D

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

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