#C8B85B#C8B85B

#C8B85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B85B
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -6.23, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 49.04, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0195 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8497, 47.3173, 16.7715)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B85B #5B6BC8

analogous

#C8825B #C8B85B #A1C85B

triadic

#C8B85B #5BC8B8 #B85BC8

tetradic

#C8B85B #5BC882 #5B6BC8 #C85BA1

square

#C8B85B #5BC882 #5B6BC8 #C85BA1

split-complementary

#C8B85B #5BA1C8 #825BC8

monochromatic

#7E722A #AC9B3A #C8B85B #D7CC89 #E7E0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8B85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#C8B85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B85B

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B85B	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)

#C7B352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd8c',
    500: '#c8b85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b85b;
$custom-light: #dbcd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77711,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B85B

secondary

#A9B0D6

accent

#63D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B85B

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

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