#C8B457#C8B457

#C8B457 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.116 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B457
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -4.46, 49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 49.47, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0149 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.116 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8625, 45.6118, 15.6139)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B457 #576BC8

analogous

#C87C57 #C8B457 #A4C857

triadic

#C8B457 #57C8B4 #B457C8

tetradic

#C8B457 #57C87C #576BC8 #C857A4

square

#C8B457 #57C87C #576BC8 #C857A4

split-complementary

#C8B457 #57A4C8 #7C57C8

monochromatic

#7C6D29 #AA9638 #C8B457 #D7C985 #E6DDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#C8B457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B457

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B457	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	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)

#C3B04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.116 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca89',
    500: '#c8b457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b457;
$custom-light: #dbca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76826,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B457

secondary

#A6AED5

accent

#67DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B457

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

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