#C8BF8B#C8BF8B

#C8BF8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.070 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF8B
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 139)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 30.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -4.84, 27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 27.86, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0115 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.07 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1108, 51.4061, 31.8618)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF8B #8B94C8

analogous

#C8A18B #C8BF8B #B3C88B

triadic

#C8BF8B #8BC8BF #BF8BC8

tetradic

#C8BF8B #8BC8A1 #8B94C8 #C88BB3

square

#C8BF8B #8BC8A1 #8B94C8 #C88BB3

split-complementary

#C8BF8B #8BB3C8 #A18BC8

monochromatic

#938846 #B4A861 #C8BF8B #DCD6B5 #EFEDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C8BF8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C8BF8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF8B

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF8B	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC08D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.070 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d2ad',
    500: '#c8bf8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf8b;
$custom-light: #d9d2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 35.673,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79939,
    "c": 0.06967,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF8B

secondary

#5D669A

accent

#49AF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF8B

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

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