#C8B561#C8B561

#C8B561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.107 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B561
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -4.16, 44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 45.06, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0128 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.107 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5024, 46.1919, 17.9841)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B561 #6174C8

analogous

#C88161 #C8B561 #A7C861

triadic

#C8B561 #61C8B5 #B561C8

tetradic

#C8B561 #61C881 #6174C8 #C861A7

square

#C8B561 #61C881 #6174C8 #C861A7

split-complementary

#C8B561 #61A7C8 #8161C8

monochromatic

#82722D #AF9A3D #C8B561 #D8CA8E #E8E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#C8B561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B561

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B561	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.107 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb90',
    500: '#c8b561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b561;
$custom-light: #dbcb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.932,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77161,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B561

secondary

#AEB5D7

accent

#69D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B561

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

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