#C8BD89#C8BD89

#C8BD89 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.070 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD89
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 137)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 31.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -4.05, 27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 28.03, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0093 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.07 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5328, 50.4818, 30.9548)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD89 #8994C8

analogous

#C89D89 #C8BD89 #B3C889

triadic

#C8BD89 #89C8BD #BD89C8

tetradic

#C8BD89 #89C89D #8994C8 #C889B3

square

#C8BD89 #89C89D #8994C8 #C889B3

split-complementary

#C8BD89 #89B3C8 #9D89C8

monochromatic

#928544 #B5A65F #C8BD89 #DBD4B3 #EFECDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8BD89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#C8BD89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD89

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD89	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.070 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0ac',
    500: '#c8bd89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd89;
$custom-light: #d9d0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 36.416,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79485,
    "c": 0.07002,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD89

secondary

#5B669A

accent

#4BAF36

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD89

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

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