#C8B374#C8B374

#C8B374 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.085 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B374
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 116)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -1.25, 34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 34.91, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0025 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.085 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0930, 45.7821, 23.0865)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B374 #7489C8

analogous

#C88974 #C8B374 #B3C874

triadic

#C8B374 #74C8B3 #B374C8

tetradic

#C8B374 #74C889 #7489C8 #C874B3

square

#C8B374 #74C889 #7489C8 #C874B3

split-complementary

#C8B374 #74B3C8 #8974C8

monochromatic

#8B7637 #B79B48 #C8B374 #D9CBA0 #EBE3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B374 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C8B374 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B374

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B374	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B374	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b374;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.085 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac99d',
    500: '#c8b374',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b374;
$custom-light: #dac99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b374",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77035,
    "c": 0.08535,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B374

secondary

#BCC4DB

accent

#51B62F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B374

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

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