#C8BC5E#C8BC5E

#C8BC5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.117 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC5E
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -8.06, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 49.15, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0244 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.117 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8244, 49.0555, 17.7477)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC5E #5E6AC8

analogous

#C8875E #C8BC5E #9FC85E

triadic

#C8BC5E #5EC8BC #BC5EC8

tetradic

#C8BC5E #5EC887 #5E6AC8 #C85E9F

square

#C8BC5E #5EC887 #5E6AC8 #C85E9F

split-complementary

#C8BC5E #5E9FC8 #875EC8

monochromatic

#80762C #AEA13B #C8BC5E #D8CF8C #E7E2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C8BC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC5E

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC5E	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)

#CBB755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.117 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd08e',
    500: '#c8bc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc5e;
$custom-light: #dbd08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78589,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC5E

secondary

#ACB0D6

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC5E

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

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