#C8BC5D#C8BC5D

#C8BC5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.118 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC5D
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -8.14, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 49.62, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0248 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.118 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7798, 49.0376, 17.5129)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC5D #5D69C8

analogous

#C8865D #C8BC5D #9FC85D

triadic

#C8BC5D #5DC8BC #BC5DC8

tetradic

#C8BC5D #5DC886 #5D69C8 #C85D9F

square

#C8BC5D #5DC886 #5D69C8 #C85D9F

split-complementary

#C8BC5D #5D9FC8 #865DC8

monochromatic

#7F762B #ADA03B #C8BC5D #D8CF8B #E7E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C8BC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC5D

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC5D	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.118 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf8d',
    500: '#c8bc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc5d;
$custom-light: #dbcf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78577,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC5D

secondary

#ABB0D6

accent

#5ED94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC5D

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

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