#C8B661#C8B661

#C8B661 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.108 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B661
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -4.68, 45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 45.43, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0144 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.108 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7064, 46.6000, 18.0521)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B661 #6173C8

analogous

#C88261 #C8B661 #A6C861

triadic

#C8B661 #61C8B6 #B661C8

tetradic

#C8B661 #61C882 #6173C8 #C861A6

square

#C8B661 #61C882 #6173C8 #C861A6

split-complementary

#C8B661 #61A6C8 #8261C8

monochromatic

#82732D #AF9B3D #C8B661 #D8CB8E #E8E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8B661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#C8B661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B661

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B661	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.108 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb90',
    500: '#c8b661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b661;
$custom-light: #dbcb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.515,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7737,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B661

secondary

#AEB5D7

accent

#68D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B661

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

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