#C8BC74#C8BC74

#C8BC74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.094 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC74
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -5.97, 37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 38.37, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0162 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.094 100)
XYZ	xyz(44.9560, 49.5081, 23.7075)
Luminance	0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC74 #7480C8

analogous

#C89274 #C8BC74 #AAC874

triadic

#C8BC74 #74C8BC #BC74C8

tetradic

#C8BC74 #74C892 #7480C8 #C874AA

square

#C8BC74 #74C892 #7480C8 #C874AA

split-complementary

#C8BC74 #74AAC8 #9274C8

monochromatic

#8B7F37 #B7A748 #C8BC74 #D9D1A0 #EBE6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#C8BC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC74

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC74	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)

#C9B86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.094 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad09d',
    500: '#c8bc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc74;
$custom-light: #dad09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78902,
    "c": 0.09359,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.49507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC74

secondary

#BCC1DB

accent

#42B62F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC74

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

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