#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
RGBrgb(200, 181, 95)
HSLhsl(49, 49%, 58%)
HSVhsv(49, 53%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.5%, 52.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.65, -4.33, 45.82)
CIE-LCHlch(73.65, 46.03, 95.40°)
OKLaboklab(77.13% -0.0136 0.1083)
OKLCHoklch(77.13% 0.109 97.1)
XYZxyz(42.4103, 46.1550, 17.4991)
Luminance0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##C8B55F1.002.0510.2310.23
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2321.001.001.00
##00000010.2321.001.001.00

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

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#C8B55F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva