#C8BD5E#C8BD5E

#C8BD5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.118 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD5E
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -8.58, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 49.54, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0259 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.118 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0387, 49.4842, 17.8191)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD5E #5E69C8

analogous

#C8885E #C8BD5E #9EC85E

triadic

#C8BD5E #5EC8BD #BD5EC8

tetradic

#C8BD5E #5EC888 #5E69C8 #C85E9E

square

#C8BD5E #5EC888 #5E69C8 #C85E9E

split-complementary

#C8BD5E #5E9EC8 #885EC8

monochromatic

#80772C #AEA23B #C8BD5E #D8D08C #E7E2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#C8BD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD5E

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD5E	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.118 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd08e',
    500: '#c8bd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd5e;
$custom-light: #dbd08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.774,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.788,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD5E

secondary

#ACB0D6

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD5E

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

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