#C8B985#C8B985

#C8B985 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.071 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B985
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 133)
HSL	hsl(47, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 33.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -2.45, 28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 28.47, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0049 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.071 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4026, 48.6720, 29.1887)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B985 #8594C8

analogous

#C89785 #C8B985 #B5C885

triadic

#C8B985 #85C8B9 #B985C8

tetradic

#C8B985 #85C897 #8594C8 #C885B5

square

#C8B985 #85C897 #8594C8 #C885B5

split-complementary

#C8B985 #85B5C8 #9785C8

monochromatic

#917F41 #B5A15B #C8B985 #DBD1AF #EEE9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8B985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C8B985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B985

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B985	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BB87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.071 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cda9',
    500: '#c8b985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b985;
$custom-light: #d9cda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78579,
    "c": 0.07095,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B985

secondary

#C9CEE0

accent

#50B135

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FBF9F4

border

#D4D2CE

text

#151310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B985

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

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