#C8BB5E#C8BB5E

#C8BB5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.116 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB5E
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -7.54, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 48.76, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0229 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.116 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6115, 48.6297, 17.6767)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB5E #5E6BC8

analogous

#C8865E #C8BB5E #A0C85E

triadic

#C8BB5E #5EC8BB #BB5EC8

tetradic

#C8BB5E #5EC886 #5E6BC8 #C85EA0

square

#C8BB5E #5EC886 #5E6BC8 #C85EA0

split-complementary

#C8BB5E #5EA0C8 #865EC8

monochromatic

#80762C #AEA03B #C8BB5E #D8CE8C #E7E2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C8BB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB5E

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB5E	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)

#CAB655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.116 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf8e',
    500: '#c8bb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb5e;
$custom-light: #dbcf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.642,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78379,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB5E

secondary

#ACB1D6

accent

#60D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB5E

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

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