#C8B96A#C8B96A

#C8B96A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.102 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B96A
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 47%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -5.42, 41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 42.16, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0156 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.102 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7711, 48.0194, 20.5959)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B96A #6A79C8

analogous

#C88A6A #C8B96A #A8C86A

triadic

#C8B96A #6AC8B9 #B96AC8

tetradic

#C8B96A #6AC88A #6A79C8 #C86AA8

square

#C8B96A #6AC88A #6A79C8 #C86AA8

split-complementary

#C8B96A #6AA8C8 #8A6AC8

monochromatic

#867932 #B3A142 #C8B96A #D8CE97 #E9E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8B96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#C8B96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B96A

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B96A	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)

#C7B563

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.102 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd96',
    500: '#c8b96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b96a;
$custom-light: #dacd96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.426,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78122,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B96A

secondary

#B5BBD9

accent

#67D652

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B96A

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

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