#C8B757#C8B757

#C8B757 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.119 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B757
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -6.03, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 50.54, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0194 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.119 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4747, 46.8362, 15.8179)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B757 #5768C8

analogous

#C87F57 #C8B757 #A1C857

triadic

#C8B757 #57C8B7 #B757C8

tetradic

#C8B757 #57C87F #5768C8 #C857A1

square

#C8B757 #57C87F #5768C8 #C857A1

split-complementary

#C8B757 #57A1C8 #7F57C8

monochromatic

#7C6F29 #AA9938 #C8B757 #D7CB85 #E6DFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8B757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#C8B757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B757

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B757	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.119 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcc89',
    500: '#c8b757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b757;
$custom-light: #dbcc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.973,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77454,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B757

secondary

#A6ADD5

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B757

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

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