#C8B362#C8B362

#C8B362 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.104 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B362
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -3.02, 43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 43.86, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0094 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.104 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1455, 45.4032, 18.0966)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B362 #6277C8

analogous

#C88062 #C8B362 #AAC862

triadic

#C8B362 #62C8B3 #B362C8

tetradic

#C8B362 #62C880 #6277C8 #C862AA

square

#C8B362 #62C880 #6277C8 #C862AA

split-complementary

#C8B362 #62AAC8 #8062C8

monochromatic

#82712E #AF983D #C8B362 #D8C98F #E8DFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#C8B362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B362

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B362	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B05B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.104 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc990',
    500: '#c8b362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b362;
$custom-light: #dbc990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76759,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B362

secondary

#AFB7D7

accent

#6CD850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B362

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

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