#C8B975#C8B975

#C8B975 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.090 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B975
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 117)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 41.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -4.30, 36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 36.65, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0113 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.09 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3803, 48.2631, 23.8041)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B975 #7584C8

analogous

#C89075 #C8B975 #ADC875

triadic

#C8B975 #75C8B9 #B975C8

tetradic

#C8B975 #75C890 #7584C8 #C875AD

square

#C8B975 #75C890 #7584C8 #C875AD

split-complementary

#C8B975 #75ADC8 #9075C8

monochromatic

#8B7C37 #B7A349 #C8B975 #D9CFA1 #EBE5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8B975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C8B975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B975

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B975	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.090 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd9d',
    500: '#c8b975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b975;
$custom-light: #dacd9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.157,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78293,
    "c": 0.08953,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B975

secondary

#BDC3DC

accent

#48B62F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B975

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

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