#C8B658#C8B658

#C8B658 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.117 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B658
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 88)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 56%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -5.43, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 49.71, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0175 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.117 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3103, 46.4416, 15.9661)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B658 #586AC8

analogous

#C87E58 #C8B658 #A2C858

triadic

#C8B658 #58C8B6 #B658C8

tetradic

#C8B658 #58C87E #586AC8 #C858A2

square

#C8B658 #58C87E #586AC8 #C858A2

split-complementary

#C8B658 #58A2C8 #7E58C8

monochromatic

#7D6F29 #AB9838 #C8B658 #D7CA86 #E6DEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#C8B658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B658

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B658	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.117 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb8a',
    500: '#c8b658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b658;
$custom-light: #dbcb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77256,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B658

secondary

#A7AED5

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B658

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

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