#C8B756#C8B756

#C8B756 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.119 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B756
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -6.11, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 51.01, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0197 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.119 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4342, 46.8199, 15.6042)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B756 #5667C8

analogous

#C87E56 #C8B756 #A0C856

triadic

#C8B756 #56C8B7 #B756C8

tetradic

#C8B756 #56C87E #5667C8 #C856A0

square

#C8B756 #56C87E #5667C8 #C856A0

split-complementary

#C8B756 #56A0C8 #7E56C8

monochromatic

#7B6F28 #AA9937 #C8B756 #D7CB84 #E6DEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8B756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#C8B756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B756

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B756	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.119 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcc89',
    500: '#c8b756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b756;
$custom-light: #dbcc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77442,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B756

secondary

#A5ACD4

accent

#62DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B756

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

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