#C8B980#C8B980

#C8B980 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.077 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B980
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 128)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 36%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -3.06, 30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 31.04, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0069 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.077 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0654, 48.5371, 27.4126)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B980 #808FC8

analogous

#C89580 #C8B980 #B3C880

triadic

#C8B980 #80C8B9 #B980C8

tetradic

#C8B980 #80C895 #808FC8 #C880B3

square

#C8B980 #80C895 #808FC8 #C880B3

split-complementary

#C8B980 #80B3C8 #9580C8

monochromatic

#8F7F3E #B6A155 #C8B980 #DAD1AB #EDE8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8B980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C8B980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B980

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B980	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B67C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BB82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.077 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacda5',
    500: '#c8b980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b980;
$custom-light: #dacda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 39.56,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78485,
    "c": 0.07687,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B980

secondary

#C5CBDE

accent

#4EB333

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FBF9F4

border

#D4D2CE

text

#15130F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B980

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

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