#C8B558#C8B558

#C8B558 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.116 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B558
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 88)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 56%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -4.91, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 49.36, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.016 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.116 98)
XYZ	xyz(42.1063, 46.0334, 15.8980)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B558 #586BC8

analogous

#C87D58 #C8B558 #A3C858

triadic

#C8B558 #58C8B5 #B558C8

tetradic

#C8B558 #58C87D #586BC8 #C858A3

square

#C8B558 #58C87D #586BC8 #C858A3

split-complementary

#C8B558 #58A3C8 #7D58C8

monochromatic

#7D6E29 #AB9738 #C8B558 #D7C986 #E6DEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#C8B558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B558

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B558	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.116 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca8a',
    500: '#c8b558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b558;
$custom-light: #dbca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.821,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77047,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.46032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B558

secondary

#A7AFD5

accent

#66DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B558

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

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