#C8BD6E#C8BD6E

#C8BD6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.101 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD6E
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 45%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -7.11, 41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 41.78, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.02 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.101 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8326, 49.8017, 21.9999)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD6E #6E79C8

analogous

#C8906E #C8BD6E #A6C86E

triadic

#C8BD6E #6EC8BD #BD6EC8

tetradic

#C8BD6E #6EC890 #6E79C8 #C86EA6

square

#C8BD6E #6EC890 #6E79C8 #C86EA6

split-complementary

#C8BD6E #6EA6C8 #906EC8

monochromatic

#887E34 #B4A744 #C8BD6E #D9D19A #EAE5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BD6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#C8BD6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD6E

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD6E	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBD71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.101 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad099',
    500: '#c8bd6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd6e;
$custom-light: #dad099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79019,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD6E

secondary

#B8BCDA

accent

#3EB82D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD6E

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

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