#C8B859#C8B859

#C8B859 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C8B859
RGBrgb(200, 184, 89)
HSLhsl(51, 50%, 57%)
HSVhsv(51, 56%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.37, -6.39, 49.57)
CIE-LCHlch(74.37, 49.98, 97.35°)
OKLaboklab(77.69% -0.0202 0.1158)
OKLCHoklch(77.69% 0.118 99.9)
XYZxyz(42.7646, 47.2833, 16.3232)
Luminance0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C8B859 #5969C8
analogous
#C88159 #C8B859 #A1C859
triadic
#C8B859 #59C8B8 #B859C8
tetradic
#C8B859 #59C881 #5969C8 #C859A1
square
#C8B859 #59C881 #5969C8 #C859A1
split-complementary
#C8B859 #59A1C8 #8159C8
monochromatic
#7D7129 #AB9B39 #C8B859 #D7CC87 #E6DFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#C8B859 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46
#C8B859 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B859
10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C8B859#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C8B8591.002.0110.4610.46
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4621.001.001.00
##00000010.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B350
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCBA5D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6ADA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c8b859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.118 99.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd8b',
    500: '#c8b859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c8b859;
$custom-light: #dbcd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c8b859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77687,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C8B859
secondary
#A8AED5
accent
#62DA4E
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF8F0
border
#D4D1CB
text
#15130C
muted
#83827D

Preview Lab

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#C8B859 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva