#C8BC89#C8BC89

#C8BC89 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.069 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC89
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 137)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 31.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -3.52, 27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 27.62, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0078 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.069 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3185, 50.0531, 30.8833)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC89 #8995C8

analogous

#C89C89 #C8BC89 #B4C889

triadic

#C8BC89 #89C8BC #BC89C8

tetradic

#C8BC89 #89C89C #8995C8 #C889B4

square

#C8BC89 #89C89C #8995C8 #C889B4

split-complementary

#C8BC89 #89B4C8 #9C89C8

monochromatic

#928344 #B5A45F #C8BC89 #DBD4B3 #EFEBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BC89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#C8BC89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC89

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC89	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABD8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.069 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0ab',
    500: '#c8bc89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc89;
$custom-light: #d9d0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 36.416,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79277,
    "c": 0.06901,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC89

secondary

#5B679A

accent

#4DAF36

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#151310

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC89

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

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