#C8B95C#C8B95C

#C8B95C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B95C
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 92)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 54%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -6.67, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 48.94, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0207 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1016, 47.7516, 17.0697)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B95C #5C6BC8

analogous

#C8835C #C8B95C #A1C85C

triadic

#C8B95C #5CC8B9 #B95CC8

tetradic

#C8B95C #5CC883 #5C6BC8 #C85CA1

square

#C8B95C #5CC883 #5C6BC8 #C85CA1

split-complementary

#C8B95C #5CA1C8 #835CC8

monochromatic

#7F732B #AD9D3A #C8B95C #D7CD8A #E7E0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B95C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#C8B95C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B95C

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B95C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B95C	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)

#C8B453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b95c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd8d',
    500: '#c8b95c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b95c;
$custom-light: #dbcd8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b95c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77933,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B95C

secondary

#AAB0D6

accent

#62D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B95C

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

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