#C8B563#C8B563

#C8B563 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.105 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B563
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 99)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 50.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -3.98, 43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 44.09, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0121 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.105 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5968, 46.2296, 18.4814)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B563 #6376C8

analogous

#C88263 #C8B563 #A8C863

triadic

#C8B563 #63C8B5 #B563C8

tetradic

#C8B563 #63C882 #6376C8 #C863A8

square

#C8B563 #63C882 #6376C8 #C863A8

split-complementary

#C8B563 #63A8C8 #8263C8

monochromatic

#83732E #B09A3E #C8B563 #D8CA90 #E8E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#C8B563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B563

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B563	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.105 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb91',
    500: '#c8b563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b563;
$custom-light: #dbcb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.713,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77189,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B563

secondary

#AFB7D7

accent

#6AD750

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B563

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

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