#C8B958#C8B958

#C8B958 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B958
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 88)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 56%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -6.99, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 50.81, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.022 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9313, 47.6835, 16.1731)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B958 #5867C8

analogous

#C88158 #C8B958 #9FC858

triadic

#C8B958 #58C8B9 #B958C8

tetradic

#C8B958 #58C881 #5867C8 #C8589F

square

#C8B958 #58C881 #5867C8 #C8589F

split-complementary

#C8B958 #589FC8 #8158C8

monochromatic

#7D7129 #AB9B38 #C8B958 #D7CC86 #E6E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B958 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#C8B958 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B958

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B958	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B958	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b958;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd8a',
    500: '#c8b958',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b958;
$custom-light: #dbcd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b958",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.964,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77885,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B958

secondary

#A7ADD5

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B958

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

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