#C8C494#C8C494

#C8C494 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.064 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C494
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 148)
HSL	hsl(55, 32%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 26%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 26%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -6.25, 24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 25.45, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0152 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.064 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9047, 53.8982, 35.8384)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C494 #9498C8

analogous

#C8AA94 #C8C494 #B2C894

triadic

#C8C494 #94C8C4 #C494C8

tetradic

#C8C494 #94C8AA #9498C8 #C894B2

square

#C8C494 #94C8AA #9498C8 #C894B2

split-complementary

#C8C494 #94B2C8 #AA94C8

monochromatic

#958F4D #B3AE6C #C8C494 #DDDABC #F2F1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8C494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#C8C494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C494

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C494	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.064 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d5b3',
    500: '#c8c494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c494;
$custom-light: #d9d5b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 32.099,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81161,
    "c": 0.06412,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C494

secondary

#64689D

accent

#43AB3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C494

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

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