#C8B366#C8B366

#C8B366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.100 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B366
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 102)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 49%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -2.65, 41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 41.90, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.008 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.1 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3391, 45.4806, 19.1162)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B366 #667BC8

analogous

#C88266 #C8B366 #ACC866

triadic

#C8B366 #66C8B3 #B366C8

tetradic

#C8B366 #66C882 #667BC8 #C866AC

square

#C8B366 #66C882 #667BC8 #C866AC

split-complementary

#C8B366 #66ACC8 #8266C8

monochromatic

#84722F #B19940 #C8B366 #D8C993 #E8E0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#C8B366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B366

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B366	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.100 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc993',
    500: '#c8b366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b366;
$custom-light: #dbc993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76816,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B366

secondary

#B2BAD8

accent

#6ED751

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B366

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

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