#C8B96B#C8B96B

#C8B96B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.100 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B96B
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 107)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 46.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -5.32, 41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 41.66, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0152 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.1 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8234, 48.0403, 20.8713)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B96B #6B7AC8

analogous

#C88B6B #C8B96B #A8C86B

triadic

#C8B96B #6BC8B9 #B96BC8

tetradic

#C8B96B #6BC88B #6B7AC8 #C86BA8

square

#C8B96B #6BC88B #6B7AC8 #C86BA8

split-complementary

#C8B96B #6BA8C8 #8B6BC8

monochromatic

#877932 #B3A143 #C8B96B #D9CE98 #E9E3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8B96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#C8B96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B96B

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B96B	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.100 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd97',
    500: '#c8b96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b96b;
$custom-light: #dacd97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 45.813,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78137,
    "c": 0.10048,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B96B

secondary

#B6BBD9

accent

#43B92C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B96B

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

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