#C8B458#C8B458

#C8B458 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.115 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B458
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 88)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 56%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -4.38, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 49.00, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0145 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.115 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9037, 45.6282, 15.8305)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B458 #586CC8

analogous

#C87C58 #C8B458 #A4C858

triadic

#C8B458 #58C8B4 #B458C8

tetradic

#C8B458 #58C87C #586CC8 #C858A4

square

#C8B458 #58C87C #586CC8 #C858A4

split-complementary

#C8B458 #58A4C8 #7C58C8

monochromatic

#7D6E29 #AB9638 #C8B458 #D7C986 #E6DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#C8B458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B458

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B458	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.115 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca8a',
    500: '#c8b458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b458;
$custom-light: #dbca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76838,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B458

secondary

#A7AFD5

accent

#67DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B458

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

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