#C8B85E#C8B85E

#C8B85E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.113 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B85E
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -5.98, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 47.61, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0184 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.113 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9817, 47.3701, 17.4668)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B85E #5E6EC8

analogous

#C8835E #C8B85E #A3C85E

triadic

#C8B85E #5EC8B8 #B85EC8

tetradic

#C8B85E #5EC883 #5E6EC8 #C85EA3

square

#C8B85E #5EC883 #5E6EC8 #C85EA3

split-complementary

#C8B85E #5EA3C8 #835EC8

monochromatic

#80732C #AE9C3B #C8B85E #D8CC8C #E7E0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8B85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#C8B85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B85E

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B85E	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.113 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd8e',
    500: '#c8b85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b85e;
$custom-light: #dbcd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77749,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B85E

secondary

#ACB2D6

accent

#64D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B85E

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

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