#C8BC78#C8BC78

#C8BC78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.089 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC78
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 40%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -5.54, 35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 36.34, 98.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0146 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.089 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1937, 49.6032, 24.9594)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC78 #7884C8

analogous

#C89478 #C8BC78 #ACC878

triadic

#C8BC78 #78C8BC #BC78C8

tetradic

#C8BC78 #78C894 #7884C8 #C878AC

square

#C8BC78 #78C894 #7884C8 #C878AC

split-complementary

#C8BC78 #78ACC8 #9478C8

monochromatic

#8C8039 #B6A64D #C8BC78 #DAD2A3 #EBE7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#C8BC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC78

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC78	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.089 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad0a0',
    500: '#c8bc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc78;
$custom-light: #dad0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78968,
    "c": 0.08908,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC78

secondary

#BFC4DC

accent

#44B530

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC78

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

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