#C8B869#C8B869

#C8B869 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.102 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B869
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 47.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -5.00, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 42.27, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0144 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.102 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5109, 47.5818, 20.2541)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B869 #6979C8

analogous

#C88969 #C8B869 #A8C869

triadic

#C8B869 #69C8B8 #B869C8

tetradic

#C8B869 #69C889 #6979C8 #C869A8

square

#C8B869 #69C889 #6979C8 #C869A8

split-complementary

#C8B869 #69A8C8 #8969C8

monochromatic

#867731 #B29F41 #C8B869 #D8CD96 #E9E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#C8B869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B869

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B869	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.102 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd95',
    500: '#c8b869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b869;
$custom-light: #dacd95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.895,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77899,
    "c": 0.10166,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B869

secondary

#B4BAD9

accent

#68D652

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B869

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

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