#C8B474#C8B474

#C8B474 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.086 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B474
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 116)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -1.78, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 35.26, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0041 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.086 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2941, 46.1844, 23.1536)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B474 #7488C8

analogous

#C88A74 #C8B474 #B2C874

triadic

#C8B474 #74C8B4 #B474C8

tetradic

#C8B474 #74C88A #7488C8 #C874B2

square

#C8B474 #74C88A #7488C8 #C874B2

split-complementary

#C8B474 #74B2C8 #8A74C8

monochromatic

#8B7737 #B79C48 #C8B474 #D9CCA0 #EBE3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#C8B474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B474

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B474	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.086 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca9d',
    500: '#c8b474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b474;
$custom-light: #daca9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77241,
    "c": 0.08618,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B474

secondary

#BCC4DB

accent

#4FB62F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B474

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

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