#C8B962#C8B962

#C8B962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.110 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B962
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -6.16, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 46.07, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0185 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.11 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3743, 47.8607, 18.5062)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B962 #6271C8

analogous

#C88662 #C8B962 #A4C862

triadic

#C8B962 #62C8B9 #B962C8

tetradic

#C8B962 #62C886 #6271C8 #C862A4

square

#C8B962 #62C886 #6271C8 #C862A4

split-complementary

#C8B962 #62A4C8 #8662C8

monochromatic

#82762E #AF9F3D #C8B962 #D8CD8F #E8E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C8B962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B962

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B962	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.110 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd91',
    500: '#c8b962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b962;
$custom-light: #dbcd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7801,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B962

secondary

#AFB5D7

accent

#64D850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F1

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B962

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

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