Why did my beer turn out so light??

[jonbomb]

I brewed a partial mash california steam from midwest supplies.
This is the grain bill:
3.3 lb. of Light Malt Extract, 3.5 lb. American 2-row malt, 8 oz. Carapils, 8 oz. Caramel 40L.

I bottled it last week and it looked like what I THOUGHT a california common would look like. Like an amber brown color obviously the beer gets lighter after puting it in the bottle.

I poured one yesterday to see how it was coming along and it looked like a golden/yellow color. Can someone explain this to me?? I also remember taking a final gravity reading and it was pretty low. I did secondary this.

 

[barrog]

Looking at your grains to me it should be very light colored

 

[jonbomb]

is that normal for a cali common or do you think midwest didn't do a great job with this kit??

 

[barrog]

Never had/made a Cali Common so I couldn't say

 

[robbyg]

BeerSmith suggests this would come out at around 7.7 SRM, which is a little light for the style (10 - 14). And that's assuming the light extract was at 8 SRM, and not extra light extract (which tends to be around 3 - 3.5).