#C8C693#C8C693

#C8C693 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.068 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C693
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 147)
HSL	hsl(58, 33%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 27%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 26.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -7.42, 25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 26.93, 105.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0186 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.068 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2800, 54.7749, 35.5747)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C693 #9395C8

analogous

#C8AB93 #C8C693 #AFC893

triadic

#C8C693 #93C8C6 #C693C8

tetradic

#C8C693 #93C8AB #9395C8 #C893AF

square

#C8C693 #93C8AB #9395C8 #C893AF

split-complementary

#C8C693 #93AFC8 #AB93C8

monochromatic

#95924C #B3B16A #C8C693 #DDDBBC #F1F1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8C693 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#C8C693 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C693

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C693	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C693	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c693;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.068 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d7b3',
    500: '#c8c693',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c693;
$custom-light: #d9d7b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c693",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 32.515,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81558,
    "c": 0.0678,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C693

secondary

#63659D

accent

#3EAB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C693

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

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