#C8BD85#C8BD85

#C8BD85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.075 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD85
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 133)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 33.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -4.55, 29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 30.10, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0109 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.075 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2512, 50.3692, 29.4716)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD85 #8590C8

analogous

#C89B85 #C8BD85 #B1C885

triadic

#C8BD85 #85C8BD #BD85C8

tetradic

#C8BD85 #85C89B #8590C8 #C885B1

square

#C8BD85 #85C89B #8590C8 #C885B1

split-complementary

#C8BD85 #85B1C8 #9B85C8

monochromatic

#918441 #B5A65B #C8BD85 #DBD4AF #EEEBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8BD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#C8BD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD85

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD85	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BA81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBE87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.075 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0a9',
    500: '#c8bd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd85;
$custom-light: #d9d0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79408,
    "c": 0.07486,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD85

secondary

#596399

accent

#49B135

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF6

border

#D4D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD85

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

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