#C8B95B#C8B95B

#C8B95B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B95B
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -6.75, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 49.41, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.021 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0582, 47.7342, 16.8410)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B95B #5B6AC8

analogous

#C8835B #C8B95B #A1C85B

triadic

#C8B95B #5BC8B9 #B95BC8

tetradic

#C8B95B #5BC883 #5B6AC8 #C85BA1

square

#C8B95B #5BC883 #5B6AC8 #C85BA1

split-complementary

#C8B95B #5BA1C8 #835BC8

monochromatic

#7E732A #AC9C3A #C8B95B #D7CD89 #E7E0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#C8B95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B95B

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B95B	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd8c',
    500: '#c8b95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b95b;
$custom-light: #dbcd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77921,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B95B

secondary

#A9AFD6

accent

#62D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B95B

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

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