#C8BD72#C8BD72

#C8BD72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.097 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD72
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -6.70, 39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 39.78, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0185 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.097 101)
XYZ	xyz(45.0553, 49.8908, 23.1729)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD72 #727DC8

analogous

#C89272 #C8BD72 #A8C872

triadic

#C8BD72 #72C8BD #BD72C8

tetradic

#C8BD72 #72C892 #727DC8 #C872A8

square

#C8BD72 #72C892 #727DC8 #C872A8

split-complementary

#C8BD72 #72A8C8 #9272C8

monochromatic

#8A7F36 #B6A847 #C8BD72 #D9D29E #EAE6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C8BD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD72

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD72	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.097 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad09c',
    500: '#c8bd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd72;
$custom-light: #dad09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7908,
    "c": 0.09682,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.49889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD72

secondary

#BBBFDB

accent

#40B72E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD72

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

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