#C8B968#C8B968

#C8B968 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.104 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B968
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 104)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 48%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -5.61, 42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 43.15, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0163 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.104 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6683, 47.9783, 20.0545)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B968 #6877C8

analogous

#C88968 #C8B968 #A7C868

triadic

#C8B968 #68C8B9 #B968C8

tetradic

#C8B968 #68C889 #6877C8 #C868A7

square

#C8B968 #68C889 #6877C8 #C868A7

split-complementary

#C8B968 #68A7C8 #8968C8

monochromatic

#857830 #B2A041 #C8B968 #D8CE95 #E9E3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8B968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#C8B968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B968

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B968	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.104 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd95',
    500: '#c8b968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b968;
$custom-light: #dacd95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78093,
    "c": 0.10364,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B968

secondary

#B3B9D9

accent

#66D652

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B968

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

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