#C8B462#C8B462

#C8B462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.105 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B462
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -3.54, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 44.22, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.011 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.105 96)
XYZ	xyz(42.3467, 45.8054, 18.1636)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B462 #6276C8

analogous

#C88162 #C8B462 #A9C862

triadic

#C8B462 #62C8B4 #B462C8

tetradic

#C8B462 #62C881 #6276C8 #C862A9

square

#C8B462 #62C881 #6276C8 #C862A9

split-complementary

#C8B462 #62A9C8 #8162C8

monochromatic

#82712E #AF993D #C8B462 #D8CA8F #E8DFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C8B462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B462

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B462	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)

#C3B15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.105 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca90',
    500: '#c8b462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b462;
$custom-light: #dbca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76967,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.45804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B462

secondary

#AFB7D7

accent

#6BD850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B462

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

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