#C8B559#C8B559

#C8B559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.115 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B559
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -4.83, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 48.89, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0157 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.115 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1480, 46.0501, 16.1177)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B559 #596CC8

analogous

#C87E59 #C8B559 #A4C859

triadic

#C8B559 #59C8B5 #B559C8

tetradic

#C8B559 #59C87E #596CC8 #C859A4

square

#C8B559 #59C87E #596CC8 #C859A4

split-complementary

#C8B559 #59A4C8 #7E59C8

monochromatic

#7D6F29 #AB9839 #C8B559 #D7C987 #E6DEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#C8B559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B559

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B559	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)

#C4B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.115 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca8b',
    500: '#c8b559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b559;
$custom-light: #dbca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77059,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B559

secondary

#A8AFD5

accent

#66DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B559

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

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