#C8B557#C8B557

#C8B557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.117 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B557
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -4.99, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 49.82, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0164 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.117 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0651, 46.0170, 15.6814)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B557 #576AC8

analogous

#C87D57 #C8B557 #A3C857

triadic

#C8B557 #57C8B5 #B557C8

tetradic

#C8B557 #57C87D #576AC8 #C857A3

square

#C8B557 #57C87D #576AC8 #C857A3

split-complementary

#C8B557 #57A3C8 #7D57C8

monochromatic

#7C6E29 #AA9738 #C8B557 #D7C985 #E6DEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#C8B557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B557

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B557	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)

#C4B14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.117 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca89',
    500: '#c8b557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b557;
$custom-light: #dbca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.912,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77035,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B557

secondary

#A6AED5

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B557

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

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