#C8B657#C8B657

#C8B657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.118 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B657
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -5.51, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 50.18, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0179 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.118 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2692, 46.4251, 15.7494)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B657 #5769C8

analogous

#C87E57 #C8B657 #A2C857

triadic

#C8B657 #57C8B6 #B657C8

tetradic

#C8B657 #57C87E #5769C8 #C857A2

square

#C8B657 #57C87E #5769C8 #C857A2

split-complementary

#C8B657 #57A2C8 #7E57C8

monochromatic

#7C6F29 #AA9838 #C8B657 #D7CA85 #E6DEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#C8B657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B657

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B657	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)

#C5B24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.118 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb89',
    500: '#c8b657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b657;
$custom-light: #dbcb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.442,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77244,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B657

secondary

#A6AED5

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B657

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

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