#C8B779#C8B779

#C8B779 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.083 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B779
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -2.81, 33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 33.84, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0067 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.083 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2050, 47.5283, 24.9308)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B779 #798AC8

analogous

#C88F79 #C8B779 #B1C879

triadic

#C8B779 #79C8B7 #B779C8

tetradic

#C8B779 #79C88F #798AC8 #C879B1

square

#C8B779 #79C88F #798AC8 #C879B1

split-complementary

#C8B779 #79B1C8 #8F79C8

monochromatic

#8D7B3A #B6A04E #C8B779 #DACEA4 #ECE6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#C8B779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B779

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B779	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.083 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacca0',
    500: '#c8b779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b779;
$custom-light: #dacca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.089,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77946,
    "c": 0.08315,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B779

secondary

#C0C6DD

accent

#4DB531

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B779

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

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