#C8B460#C8B460

#C8B460 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.107 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B460
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 52%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -3.72, 45.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 45.19, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0117 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.107 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2534, 45.7681, 17.6725)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B460 #6074C8

analogous

#C88060 #C8B460 #A8C860

triadic

#C8B460 #60C8B4 #B460C8

tetradic

#C8B460 #60C880 #6074C8 #C860A8

square

#C8B460 #60C880 #6074C8 #C860A8

split-complementary

#C8B460 #60A8C8 #8060C8

monochromatic

#81712D #AE993C #C8B460 #D8C98D #E7DFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#C8B460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B460

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B460	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)

#C3B059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.107 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca8f',
    500: '#c8b460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b460;
$custom-light: #dbca8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7694,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B460

secondary

#ADB5D7

accent

#6AD850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B460

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

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