#C8BC79#C8BC79

#C8BC79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.088 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC79
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -5.43, 35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 35.83, 98.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0142 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.088 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2547, 49.6276, 25.2807)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC79 #7985C8

analogous

#C89479 #C8BC79 #ACC879

triadic

#C8BC79 #79C8BC #BC79C8

tetradic

#C8BC79 #79C894 #7985C8 #C879AC

square

#C8BC79 #79C894 #7985C8 #C879AC

split-complementary

#C8BC79 #79ACC8 #9479C8

monochromatic

#8D803A #B6A64E #C8BC79 #DAD2A4 #ECE7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#C8BC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC79

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC79	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.088 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad0a0',
    500: '#c8bc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc79;
$custom-light: #dad0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78985,
    "c": 0.08793,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC79

secondary

#C0C4DD

accent

#45B531

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC79

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

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