#C8B577#C8B577

#C8B577 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.084 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B577
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 119)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 40.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -1.98, 34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 34.11, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0044 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.084 93)
XYZ	xyz(43.6741, 46.6606, 24.1550)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B577 #778AC8

analogous

#C88D77 #C8B577 #B2C877

triadic

#C8B577 #77C8B5 #B577C8

tetradic

#C8B577 #77C88D #778AC8 #C877B2

square

#C8B577 #77C88D #778AC8 #C877B2

split-complementary

#C8B577 #77B2C8 #8D77C8

monochromatic

#8C7839 #B69D4B #C8B577 #DACDA3 #EBE4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8B577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C8B577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B577

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B577	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.084 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacb9f',
    500: '#c8b577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b577;
$custom-light: #dacb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.926,
    "s": 42.408,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77498,
    "c": 0.08366,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.46659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B577

secondary

#BFC6DC

accent

#4FB530

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B577

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

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