#C8B960#C8B960

#C8B960 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.112 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B960
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 52%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -6.33, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 47.03, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0192 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.112 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2811, 47.8234, 18.0151)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B960 #606FC8

analogous

#C88560 #C8B960 #A3C860

triadic

#C8B960 #60C8B9 #B960C8

tetradic

#C8B960 #60C885 #606FC8 #C860A3

square

#C8B960 #60C885 #606FC8 #C860A3

split-complementary

#C8B960 #60A3C8 #8560C8

monochromatic

#81752D #AE9E3C #C8B960 #D8CD8D #E7E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#C8B960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B960

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B960	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)

#C8B458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.112 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd8f',
    500: '#c8b960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b960;
$custom-light: #dbcd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.346,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77984,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B960

secondary

#ADB3D7

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B960

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

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