#C8B370#C8B370

#C8B370 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.090 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B370
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 112)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 44%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 44%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -1.67, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 36.92, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0041 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.09 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8653, 45.6911, 21.8874)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B370 #7085C8

analogous

#C88770 #C8B370 #B1C870

triadic

#C8B370 #70C8B3 #B370C8

tetradic

#C8B370 #70C887 #7085C8 #C870B1

square

#C8B370 #70C887 #7085C8 #C870B1

split-complementary

#C8B370 #70B1C8 #8770C8

monochromatic

#897535 #B59B46 #C8B370 #D9CA9C #EAE2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B370 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#C8B370 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B370

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B370	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B370	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B06B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b370;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.090 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac99a',
    500: '#c8b370',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b370;
$custom-light: #dac99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b370",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.682,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76969,
    "c": 0.08975,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B370

secondary

#B9C1DA

accent

#4FB82E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B370

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

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