#C8BD69#C8BD69

#C8BD69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.107 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD69
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 105)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 47.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -7.60, 43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 44.25, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0219 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.107 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5680, 49.6959, 20.6065)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD69 #6974C8

analogous

#C88E69 #C8BD69 #A3C869

triadic

#C8BD69 #69C8BD #BD69C8

tetradic

#C8BD69 #69C88E #6974C8 #C869A3

square

#C8BD69 #69C88E #6974C8 #C869A3

split-complementary

#C8BD69 #69A3C8 #8E69C8

monochromatic

#867C31 #B2A541 #C8BD69 #D8D196 #E9E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#C8BD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD69

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD69	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBD6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.107 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad095',
    500: '#c8bd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd69;
$custom-light: #dad095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.053,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78946,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD69

secondary

#B4B8D9

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD69

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

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