#C8BA62#C8BA62

#C8BA62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.111 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA62
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -6.68, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 46.46, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.02 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.111 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5842, 48.2806, 18.5762)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA62 #6270C8

analogous

#C88762 #C8BA62 #A3C862

triadic

#C8BA62 #62C8BA #BA62C8

tetradic

#C8BA62 #62C887 #6270C8 #C862A3

square

#C8BA62 #62C887 #6270C8 #C862A3

split-complementary

#C8BA62 #62A3C8 #8762C8

monochromatic

#82762E #AFA03D #C8BA62 #D8CE8F #E8E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C8BA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA62

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA62	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.111 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbce91',
    500: '#c8ba62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba62;
$custom-light: #dbce91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7822,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA62

secondary

#AFB4D7

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F1

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA62

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

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