#C8B761#C8B761

#C8B761 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.109 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B761
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -5.20, 45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 45.80, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0159 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.109 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9120, 47.0110, 18.1206)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B761 #6172C8

analogous

#C88361 #C8B761 #A5C861

triadic

#C8B761 #61C8B7 #B761C8

tetradic

#C8B761 #61C883 #6172C8 #C861A5

square

#C8B761 #61C883 #6172C8 #C861A5

split-complementary

#C8B761 #61A5C8 #8361C8

monochromatic

#82742D #AF9C3D #C8B761 #D8CC8E #E8E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#C8B761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B761

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B761	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.109 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcc90',
    500: '#c8b761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b761;
$custom-light: #dbcc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.097,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77578,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B761

secondary

#AEB5D7

accent

#66D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B761

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

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