#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
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -6.39, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 49.98, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0202 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7646, 47.2833, 16.3232)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C8B859	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C8B859

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →