#C8BB79#C8BB79

#C8BB79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.087 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB79
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -4.91, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 35.42, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0127 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.087 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0418, 49.2018, 25.2097)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB79 #7986C8

analogous

#C89479 #C8BB79 #ADC879

triadic

#C8BB79 #79C8BB #BB79C8

tetradic

#C8BB79 #79C894 #7986C8 #C879AD

square

#C8BB79 #79C894 #7986C8 #C879AD

split-complementary

#C8BB79 #79ADC8 #9479C8

monochromatic

#8D7F3A #B6A54E #C8BB79 #DAD1A4 #ECE7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#C8BB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB79

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB79	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.087 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacfa0',
    500: '#c8bb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb79;
$custom-light: #dacfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.127,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78777,
    "c": 0.08694,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB79

secondary

#C0C5DD

accent

#46B531

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB79

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

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