#C8C49C#C8C49C

#C8C49C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.054 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C49C
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 156)
HSL	hsl(55, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 22%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -5.13, 20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 21.27, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0119 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.054 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5600, 54.1603, 39.2892)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C49C #9CA0C8

analogous

#C8AE9C #C8C49C #B6C89C

triadic

#C8C49C #9CC8C4 #C49CC8

tetradic

#C8C49C #9CC8AE #9CA0C8 #C89CB6

square

#C8C49C #9CC8AE #9CA0C8 #C89CB6

split-complementary

#C8C49C #9CB6C8 #AE9CC8

monochromatic

#969053 #B2AD75 #C8C49C #DEDBC3 #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#C8C49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C49C

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C49C	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFBEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.054 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d5b9',
    500: '#c8c49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c49c;
$custom-light: #d9d5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81332,
    "c": 0.05392,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C49C

secondary

#6C709D

accent

#48A73E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C49C

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

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