#C8BD81#C8BD81

#C8BD81 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.080 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD81
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 35.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -5.03, 31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 32.16, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0125 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.08 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9801, 50.2608, 28.0438)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD81 #818CC8

analogous

#C89A81 #C8BD81 #B0C881

triadic

#C8BD81 #81C8BD #BD81C8

tetradic

#C8BD81 #81C89A #818CC8 #C881B0

square

#C8BD81 #81C89A #818CC8 #C881B0

split-complementary

#C8BD81 #81B0C8 #9A81C8

monochromatic

#90833F #B5A756 #C8BD81 #DBD3AC #EDEAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8BD81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#C8BD81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD81

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD81	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B97D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBE83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.080 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0a6',
    500: '#c8bd81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd81;
$custom-light: #d9d0a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 39.227,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79334,
    "c": 0.07963,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD81

secondary

#566097

accent

#47B233

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD81

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

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