#C8B477#C8B477

#C8B477 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.083 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B477
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 119)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 41%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 40.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -1.45, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 33.75, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0029 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.083 92)
XYZ	xyz(43.4715, 46.2554, 24.0875)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B477 #778BC8

analogous

#C88B77 #C8B477 #B4C877

triadic

#C8B477 #77C8B4 #B477C8

tetradic

#C8B477 #77C88B #778BC8 #C877B4

square

#C8B477 #77C88B #778BC8 #C877B4

split-complementary

#C8B477 #77B4C8 #8B77C8

monochromatic

#8C7739 #B69C4B #C8B477 #DACCA3 #EBE4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#C8B477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B477

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B477	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.083 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca9f',
    500: '#c8b477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b477;
$custom-light: #daca9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.185,
    "s": 42.408,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77292,
    "c": 0.08281,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.46254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B477

secondary

#BFC6DC

accent

#51B530

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B477

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

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