#C8B656#C8B656

#C8B656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.119 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B656
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -5.58, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 50.64, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0182 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.119 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2286, 46.4089, 15.5357)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B656 #5668C8

analogous

#C87D56 #C8B656 #A1C856

triadic

#C8B656 #56C8B6 #B656C8

tetradic

#C8B656 #56C87D #5668C8 #C856A1

square

#C8B656 #56C87D #5668C8 #C856A1

split-complementary

#C8B656 #56A1C8 #7D56C8

monochromatic

#7B6E28 #AA9837 #C8B656 #D7CA84 #E6DEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#C8B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B656

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B656	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)

#C5B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.119 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb89',
    500: '#c8b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b656;
$custom-light: #dbcb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77232,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B656

secondary

#A5ADD4

accent

#64DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B656

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

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