#C8BD74#C8BD74

#C8BD74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.095 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD74
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -6.49, 38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 38.78, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0177 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.095 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1703, 49.9368, 23.7790)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD74 #747FC8

analogous

#C89374 #C8BD74 #A9C874

triadic

#C8BD74 #74C8BD #BD74C8

tetradic

#C8BD74 #74C893 #747FC8 #C874A9

square

#C8BD74 #74C893 #747FC8 #C874A9

split-complementary

#C8BD74 #74A9C8 #9374C8

monochromatic

#8B8037 #B7A848 #C8BD74 #D9D2A0 #EBE7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#C8BD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD74

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD74	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.095 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad09d',
    500: '#c8bd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd74;
$custom-light: #dad09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.143,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79112,
    "c": 0.0946,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD74

secondary

#BCC0DB

accent

#41B62F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD74

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

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