#C8BA74#C8BA74

#C8BA74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.092 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA74
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -4.93, 37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 37.55, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0132 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.092 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5317, 48.6596, 23.5661)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA74 #7482C8

analogous

#C89074 #C8BA74 #ACC874

triadic

#C8BA74 #74C8BA #BA74C8

tetradic

#C8BA74 #74C890 #7482C8 #C874AC

square

#C8BA74 #74C890 #7482C8 #C874AC

split-complementary

#C8BA74 #74ACC8 #9074C8

monochromatic

#8B7D37 #B7A448 #C8BA74 #D9D0A0 #EBE6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C8BA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA74

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA74	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.092 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace9d',
    500: '#c8ba74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba74;
$custom-light: #dace9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78485,
    "c": 0.09161,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA74

secondary

#BCC2DB

accent

#46B62F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA74

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

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