#C8B866#C8B866

#C8B866 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.105 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B866
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 49%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -5.28, 43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 43.74, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0155 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.105 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3595, 47.5212, 19.4563)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B866 #6676C8

analogous

#C88766 #C8B866 #A7C866

triadic

#C8B866 #66C8B8 #B866C8

tetradic

#C8B866 #66C887 #6676C8 #C866A7

square

#C8B866 #66C887 #6676C8 #C866A7

split-complementary

#C8B866 #66A7C8 #8766C8

monochromatic

#84762F #B19F40 #C8B866 #D8CD93 #E8E2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#C8B866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B866

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B866	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B45F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.105 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd93',
    500: '#c8b866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b866;
$custom-light: #dbcd93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77856,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B866

secondary

#B2B8D8

accent

#67D751

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B866

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

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