#C8BA3B#C8BA3B

#C8BA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.143 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA3B
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -9.36, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 63.48, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.032 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.143 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1696, 47.7147, 11.1254)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA3B #3B49C8

analogous

#C8743B #C8BA3B #8FC83B

triadic

#C8BA3B #3BC8BA #BA3BC8

tetradic

#C8BA3B #3BC874 #3B49C8 #C83B8F

square

#C8BA3B #3BC874 #3B49C8 #C83B8F

split-complementary

#C8BA3B #3B8FC8 #743BC8

monochromatic

#6B631E #9A8F2B #C8BA3B #D5CB6B #E3DC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8BA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#C8BA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA3B

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA3B	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.143 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcce79',
    500: '#c8ba3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba3b;
$custom-light: #dcce79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77822,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA3B

secondary

#9096CF

accent

#57DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA3B

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

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