#C8BC73#C8BC73

#C8BC73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.095 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC73
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 115)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 42.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -6.08, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 38.87, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0166 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.095 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8981, 49.4850, 23.4028)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC73 #737FC8

analogous

#C89273 #C8BC73 #AAC873

triadic

#C8BC73 #73C8BC #BC73C8

tetradic

#C8BC73 #73C892 #737FC8 #C873AA

square

#C8BC73 #73C892 #737FC8 #C873AA

split-complementary

#C8BC73 #73AAC8 #9273C8

monochromatic

#8A7E36 #B6A748 #C8BC73 #D9D19F #EBE6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#C8BC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC73

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC73	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.095 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad09c',
    500: '#c8bc73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc73;
$custom-light: #dad09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.529,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78887,
    "c": 0.09471,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC73

secondary

#BCC0DB

accent

#42B72F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC73

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

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