#C8B464#C8B464

#C8B464 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.103 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B464
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 100)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 50%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -3.36, 43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 43.24, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0102 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.103 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4423, 45.8437, 18.6672)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B464 #6478C8

analogous

#C88264 #C8B464 #AAC864

triadic

#C8B464 #64C8B4 #B464C8

tetradic

#C8B464 #64C882 #6478C8 #C864AA

square

#C8B464 #64C882 #6478C8 #C864AA

split-complementary

#C8B464 #64AAC8 #8264C8

monochromatic

#83722F #B09A3F #C8B464 #D8CA91 #E8E0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#C8B464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B464

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B464	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.103 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca92',
    500: '#c8b464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b464;
$custom-light: #dbca92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76995,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B464

secondary

#B0B8D8

accent

#6CD751

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B464

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

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