#C8BD65#C8BD65

#C8BD65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.111 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD65
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 49.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -7.97, 45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 46.20, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0234 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.111 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3672, 49.6156, 19.5491)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD65 #6570C8

analogous

#C88C65 #C8BD65 #A2C865

triadic

#C8BD65 #65C8BD #BD65C8

tetradic

#C8BD65 #65C88C #6570C8 #C865A2

square

#C8BD65 #65C88C #6570C8 #C865A2

split-complementary

#C8BD65 #65A2C8 #8C65C8

monochromatic

#847A2F #B1A43F #C8BD65 #D8D092 #E8E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#C8BD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD65

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD65	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB85D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.111 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd093',
    500: '#c8bd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd65;
$custom-light: #dbd093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78891,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD65

secondary

#B1B5D8

accent

#60D751

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F1

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD65

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

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