#C8BD79#C8BD79

#C8BD79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.089 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD79
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -5.95, 35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 36.25, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0157 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.089 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4691, 50.0563, 25.3521)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD79 #7984C8

analogous

#C89679 #C8BD79 #ABC879

triadic

#C8BD79 #79C8BD #BD79C8

tetradic

#C8BD79 #79C896 #7984C8 #C879AB

square

#C8BD79 #79C896 #7984C8 #C879AB

split-complementary

#C8BD79 #79ABC8 #9679C8

monochromatic

#8D813A #B6A84E #C8BD79 #DAD2A4 #ECE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#C8BD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD79

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD79	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.089 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad0a0',
    500: '#c8bd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd79;
$custom-light: #dad0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.646,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79194,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD79

secondary

#515A94

accent

#43B531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD79

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

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