#C8B96D#C8B96D

#C8B96D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.098 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B96D
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 45.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -5.13, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 40.67, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0144 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.098 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9298, 48.0829, 21.4319)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B96D #6D7CC8

analogous

#C88B6D #C8B96D #A9C86D

triadic

#C8B96D #6DC8B9 #B96DC8

tetradic

#C8B96D #6DC88B #6D7CC8 #C86DA9

square

#C8B96D #6DC88B #6D7CC8 #C86DA9

split-complementary

#C8B96D #6DA9C8 #8B6DC8

monochromatic

#887A33 #B4A244 #C8B96D #D9CE99 #E9E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8B96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#C8B96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B96D

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B96D	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.098 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd98',
    500: '#c8b96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b96d;
$custom-light: #dacd98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.11,
    "s": 45.274,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78167,
    "c": 0.09834,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B96D

secondary

#B7BDDA

accent

#44B82D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B96D

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

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