#C8BC97#C8BC97

#C8BC97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.052 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC97
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 151)
HSL	hsl(45, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 24.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -1.64, 20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 20.36, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.002 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.052 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3887, 50.4812, 36.5197)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC97 #97A3C8

analogous

#C8A497 #C8BC97 #BCC897

triadic

#C8BC97 #97C8BC #BC97C8

tetradic

#C8BC97 #97C8A4 #97A3C8 #C897BC

square

#C8BC97 #97C8A4 #97A3C8 #C897BC

split-complementary

#C8BC97 #97BCC8 #A497C8

monochromatic

#96844F #B3A26F #C8BC97 #DDD6BF #F2F0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8BC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#C8BC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC97

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC97	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.052 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0b5',
    500: '#c8bc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc97;
$custom-light: #d9d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7957,
    "c": 0.05172,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC97

secondary

#67749D

accent

#57AA3C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141311

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC97

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

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