#C8B959#C8B959

#C8B959 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B959
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -6.91, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 50.35, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0217 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9730, 47.7002, 16.3927)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B959 #5968C8

analogous

#C88259 #C8B959 #A0C859

triadic

#C8B959 #59C8B9 #B959C8

tetradic

#C8B959 #59C882 #5968C8 #C859A0

square

#C8B959 #59C882 #5968C8 #C859A0

split-complementary

#C8B959 #59A0C8 #8259C8

monochromatic

#7D7229 #AB9C39 #C8B959 #D7CC87 #E6E0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#C8B959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B959

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B959	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)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd8b',
    500: '#c8b959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b959;
$custom-light: #dbcd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77897,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B959

secondary

#A8AED5

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B959

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

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