#C8BA5D#C8BA5D

#C8BA5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.116 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA5D
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -7.11, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 48.85, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0218 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.116 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3555, 48.1891, 17.3715)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA5D #5D6BC8

analogous

#C8855D #C8BA5D #A0C85D

triadic

#C8BA5D #5DC8BA #BA5DC8

tetradic

#C8BA5D #5DC885 #5D6BC8 #C85DA0

square

#C8BA5D #5DC885 #5D6BC8 #C85DA0

split-complementary

#C8BA5D #5DA0C8 #855DC8

monochromatic

#7F742B #AD9E3B #C8BA5D #D8CD8B #E7E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BA5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#C8BA5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA5D

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA5D	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.116 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbce8d',
    500: '#c8ba5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba5d;
$custom-light: #dbce8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78156,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA5D

secondary

#ABB0D6

accent

#61D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA5D

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

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