#C8B565#C8B565

#C8B565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.103 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B565
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 49.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -3.80, 42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 43.11, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0114 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.103 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6936, 46.2684, 18.9912)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B565 #6578C8

analogous

#C88465 #C8B565 #AAC865

triadic

#C8B565 #65C8B5 #B565C8

tetradic

#C8B565 #65C884 #6578C8 #C865AA

square

#C8B565 #65C884 #6578C8 #C865AA

split-complementary

#C8B565 #65AAC8 #8465C8

monochromatic

#84732F #B19B3F #C8B565 #D8CB92 #E8E0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#C8B565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B565

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B565	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)

#C3B15E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.103 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb92',
    500: '#c8b565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b565;
$custom-light: #dbcb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.485,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77216,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B565

secondary

#B1B8D8

accent

#6BD751

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B565

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

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