#C8BA72#C8BA72

#C8BA72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.094 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA72
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -5.14, 38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 38.56, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.014 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.094 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4166, 48.6135, 22.9600)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA72 #7280C8

analogous

#C88F72 #C8BA72 #ABC872

triadic

#C8BA72 #72C8BA #BA72C8

tetradic

#C8BA72 #72C88F #7280C8 #C872AB

square

#C8BA72 #72C88F #7280C8 #C872AB

split-complementary

#C8BA72 #72ABC8 #8F72C8

monochromatic

#8A7C36 #B6A447 #C8BA72 #D9D09E #EAE5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C8BA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA72

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA72	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.094 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace9b',
    500: '#c8ba72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba72;
$custom-light: #dace9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78453,
    "c": 0.09384,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA72

secondary

#BBC0DB

accent

#45B72E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA72

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

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