#C8BD7E#C8BD7E

#C8BD7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.083 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD7E
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 126)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 37%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -5.38, 33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 33.70, 99.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0137 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.083 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7836, 50.1822, 27.0090)
Luminance	0.5018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD7E #7E89C8

analogous

#C8987E #C8BD7E #AEC87E

triadic

#C8BD7E #7EC8BD #BD7EC8

tetradic

#C8BD7E #7EC898 #7E89C8 #C87EAE

square

#C8BD7E #7EC898 #7E89C8 #C87EAE

split-complementary

#C8BD7E #7EAEC8 #987EC8

monochromatic

#8F833D #B6A753 #C8BD7E #DAD3A9 #EDE9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8BD7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#C8BD7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD7E

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD7E	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBE80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.083 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad0a4',
    500: '#c8bd7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd7e;
$custom-light: #dad0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 40.217,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7928,
    "c": 0.08316,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD7E

secondary

#545E96

accent

#45B332

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD7E

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

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