#C8BF79#C8BF79

#C8BF79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.091 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF79
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -6.99, 36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 37.10, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0187 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.091 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9022, 50.9227, 25.4965)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF79 #7982C8

analogous

#C89879 #C8BF79 #A9C879

triadic

#C8BF79 #79C8BF #BF79C8

tetradic

#C8BF79 #79C898 #7982C8 #C879A9

square

#C8BF79 #79C898 #7982C8 #C879A9

split-complementary

#C8BF79 #79A9C8 #9879C8

monochromatic

#8D833A #B6AA4E #C8BF79 #DAD4A4 #ECE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8BF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C8BF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF79

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF79	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)

#CBBB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.091 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad2a0',
    500: '#c8bf79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf79;
$custom-light: #dad2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.165,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79612,
    "c": 0.09105,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF79

secondary

#515994

accent

#40B531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF79

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

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