#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
RGB	rgb(200, 201, 133)
HSL	hsl(61, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 34%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 33.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -10.75, 33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 35.59, 107.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0287 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.089 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.9401, 55.7469, 30.3679)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C8C985	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C8C985

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

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