#C8BD73#C8BD73

#C8BD73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.096 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD73
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 115)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 42.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -6.60, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 39.28, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0181 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.096 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1125, 49.9137, 23.4743)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD73 #737EC8

analogous

#C89373 #C8BD73 #A9C873

triadic

#C8BD73 #73C8BD #BD73C8

tetradic

#C8BD73 #73C893 #737EC8 #C873A9

square

#C8BD73 #73C893 #737EC8 #C873A9

split-complementary

#C8BD73 #73A9C8 #9373C8

monochromatic

#8A7F36 #B6A848 #C8BD73 #D9D29F #EBE6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C8BD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD73

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD73	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)

#CAB96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.096 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad09c',
    500: '#c8bd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd73;
$custom-light: #dad09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.235,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79096,
    "c": 0.09572,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD73

secondary

#BCC0DB

accent

#40B72F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD73

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

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