#C2BC99#C2BC99

#C2BC99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.048 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2BC99
RGB	rgb(194, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 25%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 21.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -3.64, 18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 18.86, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0078 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.048 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9810, 49.7364, 37.3087)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2BC99 #999FC2

analogous

#C2A799 #C2BC99 #B3C299

triadic

#C2BC99 #99C2BC #BC99C2

tetradic

#C2BC99 #99C2A7 #999FC2 #C299B3

square

#C2BC99 #99C2A7 #999FC2 #C299B3

split-complementary

#C2BC99 #99B3C2 #A799C2

monochromatic

#8D8454 #ABA373 #C2BC99 #D9D5BF #F0EEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C2BC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#C2BC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2BC99

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2BC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2BC99	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2bc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.048 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d0b7',
    500: '#c2bc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2bc99;
$custom-light: #d4d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2bc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 25.153,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79103,
    "c": 0.04795,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2BC99

secondary

#D5D7E2

accent

#50A442

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF9F6

border

#D3D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2BC99

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

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