#C8B555#C8B555

#C8B555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.119 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B555
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -5.14, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 50.75, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.017 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.119 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9846, 45.9848, 15.2570)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B555 #5568C8

analogous

#C87B55 #C8B555 #A1C855

triadic

#C8B555 #55C8B5 #B555C8

tetradic

#C8B555 #55C87B #5568C8 #C855A1

square

#C8B555 #55C87B #5568C8 #C855A1

split-complementary

#C8B555 #55A1C8 #7B55C8

monochromatic

#7B6D28 #A99637 #C8B555 #D7C983 #E6DDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#C8B555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B555

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B555	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.119 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca88',
    500: '#c8b555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b555;
$custom-light: #dbca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77012,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B555

secondary

#A5ACD4

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B555

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

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