#C8B45D#C8B45D

#C8B45D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.110 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B45D
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -3.98, 46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 46.63, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0128 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.11 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1179, 45.7139, 16.9589)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B45D #5D71C8

analogous

#C87E5D #C8B45D #A7C85D

triadic

#C8B45D #5DC8B4 #B45DC8

tetradic

#C8B45D #5DC87E #5D71C8 #C85DA7

square

#C8B45D #5DC87E #5D71C8 #C85DA7

split-complementary

#C8B45D #5DA7C8 #7E5DC8

monochromatic

#7F702B #AD983B #C8B45D #D8C98B #E7DEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#C8B45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B45D

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B45D	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)

#C3B055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.110 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca8d',
    500: '#c8b45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b45d;
$custom-light: #dbca8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.785,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76901,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B45D

secondary

#ABB3D6

accent

#69D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B45D

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

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