#C8B456#C8B456

#C8B456 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.117 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B456
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -4.54, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 49.94, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0152 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.117 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8220, 45.5956, 15.4002)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B456 #566AC8

analogous

#C87B56 #C8B456 #A3C856

triadic

#C8B456 #56C8B4 #B456C8

tetradic

#C8B456 #56C87B #566AC8 #C856A3

square

#C8B456 #56C87B #566AC8 #C856A3

split-complementary

#C8B456 #56A3C8 #7B56C8

monochromatic

#7B6D28 #AA9637 #C8B456 #D7C884 #E6DDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#C8B456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B456

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B456	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)

#C4B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.117 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca89',
    500: '#c8b456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b456;
$custom-light: #dbca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76814,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B456

secondary

#A5AED4

accent

#66DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B456

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

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