#C8B85F#C8B85F

#C8B85F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.112 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B85F
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 52.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -5.90, 46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 47.14, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0181 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.112 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0269, 47.3882, 17.7046)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B85F #5F6FC8

analogous

#C8835F #C8B85F #A3C85F

triadic

#C8B85F #5FC8B8 #B85FC8

tetradic

#C8B85F #5FC883 #5F6FC8 #C85FA3

square

#C8B85F #5FC883 #5F6FC8 #C85FA3

split-complementary

#C8B85F #5FA3C8 #835FC8

monochromatic

#80742C #AE9D3C #C8B85F #D8CC8D #E7E0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#C8B85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B85F

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B85F	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.112 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd8f',
    500: '#c8b85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b85f;
$custom-light: #dbcd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77761,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B85F

secondary

#ACB3D6

accent

#64D84F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B85F

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

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