#C8B455#C8B455

#C8B455 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.118 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B455
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -4.61, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 50.40, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0155 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.118 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7820, 45.5796, 15.1895)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B455 #5569C8

analogous

#C87A55 #C8B455 #A2C855

triadic

#C8B455 #55C8B4 #B455C8

tetradic

#C8B455 #55C87A #5569C8 #C855A2

square

#C8B455 #55C87A #5569C8 #C855A2

split-complementary

#C8B455 #55A2C8 #7A55C8

monochromatic

#7B6C28 #A99537 #C8B455 #D7C883 #E6DDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#C8B455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B455

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B455	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.118 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca88',
    500: '#c8b455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b455;
$custom-light: #dbca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76803,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B455

secondary

#A5ADD4

accent

#66DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B455

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

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