#C8B956#C8B956

#C8B956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B956
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -7.15, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 51.74, 97.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0227 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8496, 47.6508, 15.7427)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B956 #5665C8

analogous

#C88056 #C8B956 #9EC856

triadic

#C8B956 #56C8B9 #B956C8

tetradic

#C8B956 #56C880 #5665C8 #C8569E

square

#C8B956 #56C880 #5665C8 #C8569E

split-complementary

#C8B956 #569EC8 #8056C8

monochromatic

#7B7028 #AA9B37 #C8B956 #D7CC84 #E6DFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#C8B956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B956

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B956	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd89',
    500: '#c8b956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b956;
$custom-light: #dbcd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77862,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B956

secondary

#A5ACD4

accent

#60DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B956

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →