#C8B35E#C8B35E

#C8B35E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.108 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B35E
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -3.37, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 45.80, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0109 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.108 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9614, 45.3295, 17.1267)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B35E #5E73C8

analogous

#C87E5E #C8B35E #A8C85E

triadic

#C8B35E #5EC8B3 #B35EC8

tetradic

#C8B35E #5EC87E #5E73C8 #C85EA8

square

#C8B35E #5EC87E #5E73C8 #C85EA8

split-complementary

#C8B35E #5EA8C8 #7E5EC8

monochromatic

#806F2C #AE973B #C8B35E #D8C98C #E7DEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C8B35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B35E

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B35E	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.108 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc98e',
    500: '#c8b35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b35e;
$custom-light: #dbc98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.113,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76706,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B35E

secondary

#ACB4D6

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B35E

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

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