#C8B55F#C8B55F

#C8B55F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.109 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B55F
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 52.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -4.33, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 46.03, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0136 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.109 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4103, 46.1550, 17.4991)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B55F #5F72C8

analogous

#C8805F #C8B55F #A6C85F

triadic

#C8B55F #5FC8B5 #B55FC8

tetradic

#C8B55F #5FC880 #5F72C8 #C85FA6

square

#C8B55F #5FC880 #5F72C8 #C85FA6

split-complementary

#C8B55F #5FA6C8 #805FC8

monochromatic

#80712C #AE993C #C8B55F #D8CA8D #E7DFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#C8B55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B55F

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B55F	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.109 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca8e',
    500: '#c8b55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b55f;
$custom-light: #dbca8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.143,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77135,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B55F

secondary

#ACB4D6

accent

#68D84F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B55F

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

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