#C8B566#C8B566

#C8B566 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.102 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B566
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 102)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 49%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -3.71, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 42.62, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.011 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.102 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7429, 46.2881, 19.2508)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B566 #6679C8

analogous

#C88466 #C8B566 #AAC866

triadic

#C8B566 #66C8B5 #B566C8

tetradic

#C8B566 #66C884 #6679C8 #C866AA

square

#C8B566 #66C884 #6679C8 #C866AA

split-complementary

#C8B566 #66AAC8 #8466C8

monochromatic

#84742F #B19B40 #C8B566 #D8CB93 #E8E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#C8B566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B566

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B566	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B25F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.102 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb93',
    500: '#c8b566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b566;
$custom-light: #dbcb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.367,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77231,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B566

secondary

#B2B9D8

accent

#6BD751

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B566

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

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