#C8BD5D#C8BD5D

#C8BD5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.119 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD5D
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -8.66, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 50.01, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0262 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.119 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9942, 49.4664, 17.5843)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD5D #5D68C8

analogous

#C8885D #C8BD5D #9DC85D

triadic

#C8BD5D #5DC8BD #BD5DC8

tetradic

#C8BD5D #5DC888 #5D68C8 #C85D9D

square

#C8BD5D #5DC888 #5D68C8 #C85D9D

split-complementary

#C8BD5D #5D9DC8 #885DC8

monochromatic

#7F772B #ADA13B #C8BD5D #D8D08B #E7E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C8BD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD5D

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD5D	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.119 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd08e',
    500: '#c8bd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd5d;
$custom-light: #dbd08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78788,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD5D

secondary

#ABAFD6

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD5D

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

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