#C8B45C#C8B45C

#C8B45C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.111 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B45C
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 54%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -4.06, 46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 47.11, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0131 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.111 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0739, 45.6963, 16.7272)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B45C #5C70C8

analogous

#C87E5C #C8B45C #A6C85C

triadic

#C8B45C #5CC8B4 #B45CC8

tetradic

#C8B45C #5CC87E #5C70C8 #C85CA6

square

#C8B45C #5CC87E #5C70C8 #C85CA6

split-complementary

#C8B45C #5CA6C8 #7E5CC8

monochromatic

#7F6F2B #AD973A #C8B45C #D7C98A #E7DEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#C8B45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B45C

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B45C	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.111 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca8c',
    500: '#c8b45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b45c;
$custom-light: #dbca8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76888,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B45C

secondary

#AAB2D6

accent

#68D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B45C

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

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