#C8B970#C8B970

#C8B970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.095 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B970
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 112)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 44%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -4.83, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 39.17, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0133 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.095 98)
XYZ	xyz(44.0941, 48.1486, 22.2970)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B970 #707FC8

analogous

#C88D70 #C8B970 #ABC870

triadic

#C8B970 #70C8B9 #B970C8

tetradic

#C8B970 #70C88D #707FC8 #C870AB

square

#C8B970 #70C88D #707FC8 #C870AB

split-complementary

#C8B970 #70ABC8 #8D70C8

monochromatic

#897B35 #B5A246 #C8B970 #D9CF9C #EAE4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8B970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C8B970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B970

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B970	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.095 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd9a',
    500: '#c8b970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b970;
$custom-light: #dacd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.773,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78213,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.48147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B970

secondary

#B9BFDA

accent

#45B82E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B970

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

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