#C8B862#C8B862

#C8B862 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.109 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B862
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -5.64, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 45.69, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.017 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.109 99)
XYZ	xyz(43.1659, 47.4438, 18.4367)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B862 #6272C8

analogous

#C88562 #C8B862 #A5C862

triadic

#C8B862 #62C8B8 #B862C8

tetradic

#C8B862 #62C885 #6272C8 #C862A5

square

#C8B862 #62C885 #6272C8 #C862A5

split-complementary

#C8B862 #62A5C8 #8562C8

monochromatic

#82752E #AF9D3D #C8B862 #D8CC8F #E8E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#C8B862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B862

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B862	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.109 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd91',
    500: '#c8b862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b862;
$custom-light: #dbcd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77801,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.47442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B862

secondary

#AFB5D7

accent

#65D850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B862

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

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