#C8B856#C8B856

#C8B856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B856
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -6.63, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 51.37, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0212 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6412, 47.2339, 15.6732)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B856 #5666C8

analogous

#C87F56 #C8B856 #9FC856

triadic

#C8B856 #56C8B8 #B856C8

tetradic

#C8B856 #56C87F #5666C8 #C8569F

square

#C8B856 #56C87F #5666C8 #C8569F

split-complementary

#C8B856 #569FC8 #7F56C8

monochromatic

#7B7028 #AA9A37 #C8B856 #D7CB84 #E6DFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8B856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#C8B856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B856

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B856	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd89',
    500: '#c8b856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b856;
$custom-light: #dbcd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77652,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B856

secondary

#A5ACD4

accent

#61DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B856

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

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