#C8B861#C8B861

#C8B861 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.110 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B861
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -5.73, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 46.17, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0174 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.11 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1189, 47.4250, 18.1896)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B861 #6171C8

analogous

#C88461 #C8B861 #A4C861

triadic

#C8B861 #61C8B8 #B861C8

tetradic

#C8B861 #61C884 #6171C8 #C861A4

square

#C8B861 #61C884 #6171C8 #C861A4

split-complementary

#C8B861 #61A4C8 #8461C8

monochromatic

#82742D #AF9D3D #C8B861 #D8CC8E #E8E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#C8B861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B861

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B861	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)

#C7B459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.110 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd90',
    500: '#c8b861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b861;
$custom-light: #dbcd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.68,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77788,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B861

secondary

#AEB4D7

accent

#65D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B861

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

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