#C8BD97#C8BD97

#C8BD97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.053 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD97
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(47, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 24.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -2.17, 20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 20.76, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0035 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.053 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6030, 50.9099, 36.5911)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD97 #97A2C8

analogous

#C8A597 #C8BD97 #BBC897

triadic

#C8BD97 #97C8BD #BD97C8

tetradic

#C8BD97 #97C8A5 #97A2C8 #C897BB

square

#C8BD97 #97C8A5 #97A2C8 #C897BB

split-complementary

#C8BD97 #97BBC8 #A597C8

monochromatic

#96864F #B3A46F #C8BD97 #DDD6BF #F2F0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8BD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C8BD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD97

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD97	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.053 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0b5',
    500: '#c8bd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd97;
$custom-light: #d9d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79776,
    "c": 0.05268,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD97

secondary

#67739D

accent

#55AA3C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD97

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

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