#C8B556#C8B556

#C8B556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.118 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B556
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -5.06, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 50.29, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0167 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.118 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0246, 46.0008, 15.4677)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B556 #5669C8

analogous

#C87C56 #C8B556 #A2C856

triadic

#C8B556 #56C8B5 #B556C8

tetradic

#C8B556 #56C87C #5669C8 #C856A2

square

#C8B556 #56C87C #5669C8 #C856A2

split-complementary

#C8B556 #56A2C8 #7C56C8

monochromatic

#7B6E28 #AA9737 #C8B556 #D7C984 #E6DDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#C8B556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B556

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B556	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)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.118 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca89',
    500: '#c8b556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b556;
$custom-light: #dbca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77023,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B556

secondary

#A5ADD4

accent

#65DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B556

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

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