#C8B45F#C8B45F

#C8B45F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.108 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B45F
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 52.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -3.81, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 45.67, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.012 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.108 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2077, 45.7498, 17.4316)
Luminance	0.4575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B45F #5F73C8

analogous

#C87F5F #C8B45F #A8C85F

triadic

#C8B45F #5FC8B4 #B45FC8

tetradic

#C8B45F #5FC87F #5F73C8 #C85FA8

square

#C8B45F #5FC87F #5F73C8 #C85FA8

split-complementary

#C8B45F #5FA8C8 #7F5FC8

monochromatic

#80702C #AE983C #C8B45F #D8C98D #E7DFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#C8B45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B45F

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B45F	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.108 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca8e',
    500: '#c8b45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b45f;
$custom-light: #dbca8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76927,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B45F

secondary

#ACB4D6

accent

#69D84F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B45F

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

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