#C8B85A#C8B85A

#C8B85A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.117 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B85A
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -6.31, 49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 49.51, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0198 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.117 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8068, 47.3002, 16.5459)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B85A #5A6AC8

analogous

#C8815A #C8B85A #A1C85A

triadic

#C8B85A #5AC8B8 #B85AC8

tetradic

#C8B85A #5AC881 #5A6AC8 #C85AA1

square

#C8B85A #5AC881 #5A6AC8 #C85AA1

split-complementary

#C8B85A #5AA1C8 #815AC8

monochromatic

#7E722A #AC9B39 #C8B85A #D7CC88 #E7E0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8B85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#C8B85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B85A

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B85A	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)

#C7B351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.117 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd8b',
    500: '#c8b85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b85a;
$custom-light: #dbcd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77699,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B85A

secondary

#A8AFD5

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B85A

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

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