#C8B65E#C8B65E

#C8B65E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.111 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B65E
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -4.94, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 46.87, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0154 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.111 98)
XYZ	xyz(42.5692, 46.5451, 17.3293)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B65E #5E70C8

analogous

#C8815E #C8B65E #A5C85E

triadic

#C8B65E #5EC8B6 #B65EC8

tetradic

#C8B65E #5EC881 #5E70C8 #C85EA5

square

#C8B65E #5EC881 #5E70C8 #C85EA5

split-complementary

#C8B65E #5EA5C8 #815EC8

monochromatic

#80722C #AE9A3B #C8B65E #D8CB8C #E7DFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#C8B65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B65E

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B65E	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.111 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb8e',
    500: '#c8b65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b65e;
$custom-light: #dbcb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7733,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.46543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B65E

secondary

#ACB3D6

accent

#67D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B65E

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

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