#C8BA5F#C8BA5F

#C8BA5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.114 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA5F
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 95)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 52.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -6.94, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 47.90, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0211 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.114 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4453, 48.2250, 17.8441)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA5F #5F6DC8

analogous

#C8855F #C8BA5F #A1C85F

triadic

#C8BA5F #5FC8BA #BA5FC8

tetradic

#C8BA5F #5FC885 #5F6DC8 #C85FA1

square

#C8BA5F #5FC885 #5F6DC8 #C85FA1

split-complementary

#C8BA5F #5FA1C8 #855FC8

monochromatic

#80752C #AE9F3C #C8BA5F #D8CE8D #E7E1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BA5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#C8BA5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA5F

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA5F	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)

#C9B557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.114 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbce8f',
    500: '#c8ba5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba5f;
$custom-light: #dbce8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78181,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA5F

secondary

#ACB2D6

accent

#62D84F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA5F

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

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