#C8B463#C8B463

#C8B463 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.104 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B463
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 99)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 50.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -3.45, 43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 43.73, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0106 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.104 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3942, 45.8244, 18.4139)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B463 #6377C8

analogous

#C88163 #C8B463 #A9C863

triadic

#C8B463 #63C8B4 #B463C8

tetradic

#C8B463 #63C881 #6377C8 #C863A9

square

#C8B463 #63C881 #6377C8 #C863A9

split-complementary

#C8B463 #63A9C8 #8163C8

monochromatic

#83722E #B0993E #C8B463 #D8CA90 #E8E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C8B463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B463

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B463	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)

#C3B15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.104 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca91',
    500: '#c8b463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b463;
$custom-light: #dbca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.119,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76981,
    "c": 0.10429,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B463

secondary

#AFB7D7

accent

#6BD750

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B463

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

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