#C8BC72#C8BC72

#C8BC72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.096 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC72
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -6.18, 38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 39.37, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.017 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.096 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8409, 49.4621, 23.1014)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC72 #727EC8

analogous

#C89172 #C8BC72 #A9C872

triadic

#C8BC72 #72C8BC #BC72C8

tetradic

#C8BC72 #72C891 #727EC8 #C872A9

square

#C8BC72 #72C891 #727EC8 #C872A9

split-complementary

#C8BC72 #72A9C8 #9172C8

monochromatic

#8A7E36 #B6A647 #C8BC72 #D9D19E #EAE6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C8BC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC72

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC72	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.096 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad09c',
    500: '#c8bc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc72;
$custom-light: #dad09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78871,
    "c": 0.09581,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC72

secondary

#BBBFDB

accent

#42B72E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC72

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

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