#C8B35F#C8B35F

#C8B35F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.107 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B35F
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 52.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -3.28, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 45.32, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0105 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.107 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0065, 45.3476, 17.3645)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B35F #5F74C8

analogous

#C87E5F #C8B35F #A8C85F

triadic

#C8B35F #5FC8B3 #B35FC8

tetradic

#C8B35F #5FC87E #5F74C8 #C85FA8

square

#C8B35F #5FC87E #5F74C8 #C85FA8

split-complementary

#C8B35F #5FA8C8 #7E5FC8

monochromatic

#80702C #AE973C #C8B35F #D8C98D #E7DEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B35F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C8B35F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B35F

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B35F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B35F	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)

#C2B058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b35f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.107 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc98e',
    500: '#c8b35f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b35f;
$custom-light: #dbc98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b35f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76719,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B35F

secondary

#ACB5D6

accent

#6BD84F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B35F

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

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