#C8B56B#C8B56B

#C8B56B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.097 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B56B
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 107)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 46.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -3.23, 40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 40.15, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0091 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.097 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9984, 46.3903, 20.5963)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B56B #6B7EC8

analogous

#C8866B #C8B56B #ACC86B

triadic

#C8B56B #6BC8B5 #B56BC8

tetradic

#C8B56B #6BC886 #6B7EC8 #C86BAC

square

#C8B56B #6BC886 #6B7EC8 #C86BAC

split-complementary

#C8B56B #6BACC8 #866BC8

monochromatic

#877532 #B39C43 #C8B56B #D9CB98 #E9E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#C8B56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B56B

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B56B	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B86E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.097 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacb97',
    500: '#c8b56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b56b;
$custom-light: #dacb97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.742,
    "s": 45.813,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77304,
    "c": 0.09684,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B56B

secondary

#B6BDD9

accent

#49B92C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B56B

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

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