#C8BC5B#C8BC5B

#C8BC5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.119 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC5B
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -8.31, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 50.56, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0255 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.119 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6924, 49.0027, 17.0524)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC5B #5B67C8

analogous

#C8855B #C8BC5B #9EC85B

triadic

#C8BC5B #5BC8BC #BC5BC8

tetradic

#C8BC5B #5BC885 #5B67C8 #C85B9E

square

#C8BC5B #5BC885 #5B67C8 #C85B9E

split-complementary

#C8BC5B #5B9EC8 #855BC8

monochromatic

#7E752A #AC9F3A #C8BC5B #D7CF89 #E7E1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C8BC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC5B

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC5B	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.119 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf8c',
    500: '#c8bc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc5b;
$custom-light: #dbcf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78552,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC5B

secondary

#A9AED6

accent

#5ED94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC5B

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

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