#C8B461#C8B461

#C8B461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.106 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B461
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -3.63, 44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 44.70, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0113 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.106 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2998, 45.7867, 17.9165)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B461 #6175C8

analogous

#C88061 #C8B461 #A8C861

triadic

#C8B461 #61C8B4 #B461C8

tetradic

#C8B461 #61C880 #6175C8 #C861A8

square

#C8B461 #61C880 #6175C8 #C861A8

split-complementary

#C8B461 #61A8C8 #8061C8

monochromatic

#82712D #AF993D #C8B461 #D8CA8E #E8DFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C8B461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B461

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B461	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.106 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca90',
    500: '#c8b461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b461;
$custom-light: #dbca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76953,
    "c": 0.10631,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B461

secondary

#AEB6D7

accent

#6AD850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B461

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

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