#C8C985#C8C985

#C8C985 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.089 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C8C985
RGBrgb(200, 201, 133)
HSLhsl(61, 39%, 65%)
HSVhsv(61, 34%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0.5%, 0%, 33.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(79.47, -10.75, 33.93)
CIE-LCHlch(79.47, 35.59, 107.58°)
OKLaboklab(81.92% -0.0287 0.0838)
OKLCHoklch(81.92% 0.089 108.9)
XYZxyz(48.9401, 55.7469, 30.3679)
Luminance0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C8C985 #8685C9
analogous
#C9A885 #C8C985 #A6C985
triadic
#C8C985 #85C8C9 #C985C8
tetradic
#C8C985 #85C9A8 #8685C9 #C985A6
square
#C8C985 #85C9A8 #8685C9 #C985A6
split-complementary
#C8C985 #85A6C9 #A885C9
monochromatic
#919341 #B5B65B #C8C985 #DBDCAF #EEEFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73
#C8C985 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15
#C8C985 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C985
12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C8C985#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C8C9851.001.7312.1512.15
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1521.001.001.00
##00000012.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3C380
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4C688
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D1C1B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c8c985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 201, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.089 108.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d9a9',
    500: '#c8c985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c8c985;
$custom-light: #d9d9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c8c985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 38.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81923,
    "c": 0.08861,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C8C985
secondary
#59589A
accent
#34B236
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFBF6
border
#D4D4D0
text
#151410
muted
#848380

Preview Lab

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#C8C985 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva