#C8B95E#C8B95E

#C8B95E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.114 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B95E
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -6.50, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 47.99, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0199 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.114 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1902, 47.7870, 17.5363)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B95E #5E6DC8

analogous

#C8845E #C8B95E #A2C85E

triadic

#C8B95E #5EC8B9 #B95EC8

tetradic

#C8B95E #5EC884 #5E6DC8 #C85EA2

square

#C8B95E #5EC884 #5E6DC8 #C85EA2

split-complementary

#C8B95E #5EA2C8 #845EC8

monochromatic

#80742C #AE9D3B #C8B95E #D8CD8C #E7E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#C8B95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B95E

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B95E	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.114 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd8e',
    500: '#c8b95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b95e;
$custom-light: #dbcd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.509,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77958,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B95E

secondary

#ACB2D6

accent

#63D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B95E

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

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