#C8BE97#C8BE97

#C8BE97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.054 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE97
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 151)
HSL	hsl(48, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 24.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -2.70, 21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 21.18, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.005 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.054 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8189, 51.3416, 36.6631)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE97 #97A1C8

analogous

#C8A697 #C8BE97 #BAC897

triadic

#C8BE97 #97C8BE #BE97C8

tetradic

#C8BE97 #97C8A6 #97A1C8 #C897BA

square

#C8BE97 #97C8A6 #97A1C8 #C897BA

split-complementary

#C8BE97 #97BAC8 #A697C8

monochromatic

#96874F #B3A56F #C8BE97 #DDD7BF #F2F0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C8BE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#C8BE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE97

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE97	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.054 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d1b5',
    500: '#c8be97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be97;
$custom-light: #d9d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79981,
    "c": 0.05367,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE97

secondary

#67729D

accent

#52AA3C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE97

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

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