#C8C49D#C8C49D

#C8C49D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.053 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C49D
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 157)
HSL	hsl(54, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 21.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -4.98, 20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 20.74, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0115 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.053 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.6450, 54.1943, 39.7370)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C49D #9DA1C8

analogous

#C8AF9D #C8C49D #B6C89D

triadic

#C8C49D #9DC8C4 #C49DC8

tetradic

#C8C49D #9DC8AF #9DA1C8 #C89DB6

square

#C8C49D #9DC8AF #9DA1C8 #C89DB6

split-complementary

#C8C49D #9DB6C8 #AF9DC8

monochromatic

#969054 #B2AC76 #C8C49D #DEDCC4 #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#C8C49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C49D

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C49D	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFBFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.053 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d5ba',
    500: '#c8c49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c49d;
$custom-light: #d9d5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 28.105,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81354,
    "c": 0.05263,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C49D

secondary

#6D719D

accent

#48A73F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C49D

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

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