#C8B95A#C8B95A

#C8B95A 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	#C8B95A
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -6.83, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 49.88, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0213 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0153, 47.7171, 16.6154)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B95A #5A69C8

analogous

#C8825A #C8B95A #A0C85A

triadic

#C8B95A #5AC8B9 #B95AC8

tetradic

#C8B95A #5AC882 #5A69C8 #C85AA0

square

#C8B95A #5AC882 #5A69C8 #C85AA0

split-complementary

#C8B95A #5AA0C8 #825AC8

monochromatic

#7E722A #AC9C39 #C8B95A #D7CC88 #E7E0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#C8B95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B95A

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B95A	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)

#C8B451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd8b',
    500: '#c8b95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b95a;
$custom-light: #dbcd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77909,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B95A

secondary

#A8AFD5

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B95A

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

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