#C8BC5F#C8BC5F

#C8BC5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.116 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC5F
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 52.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -7.98, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 48.68, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0241 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.116 102)
XYZ	xyz(43.8695, 49.0735, 17.9855)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC5F #5F6BC8

analogous

#C8875F #C8BC5F #9FC85F

triadic

#C8BC5F #5FC8BC #BC5FC8

tetradic

#C8BC5F #5FC887 #5F6BC8 #C85F9F

square

#C8BC5F #5FC887 #5F6BC8 #C85F9F

split-complementary

#C8BC5F #5F9FC8 #875FC8

monochromatic

#80772C #AEA13C #C8BC5F #D8CF8D #E7E2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C8BC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC5F

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC5F	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)

#CAB756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.116 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd08f',
    500: '#c8bc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc5f;
$custom-light: #dbd08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78602,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.49072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC5F

secondary

#ACB1D6

accent

#5FD84F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC5F

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

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