#C8BC8A#C8BC8A

#C8BC8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.068 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC8A
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 138)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 31%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -3.40, 26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 27.10, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0074 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.068 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3905, 50.0819, 31.2629)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC8A #8A96C8

analogous

#C89D8A #C8BC8A #B5C88A

triadic

#C8BC8A #8AC8BC #BC8AC8

tetradic

#C8BC8A #8AC89D #8A96C8 #C88AB5

square

#C8BC8A #8AC89D #8A96C8 #C88AB5

split-complementary

#C8BC8A #8AB5C8 #9D8AC8

monochromatic

#938445 #B4A460 #C8BC8A #DCD4B4 #EFECDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#C8BC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC8A

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC8A	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.068 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0ac',
    500: '#c8bc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc8a;
$custom-light: #d9d0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 36.047,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79297,
    "c": 0.06779,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC8A

secondary

#5C689A

accent

#4EAF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#151310

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC8A

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

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