#C8BA4B#C8BA4B

#C8BA4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.132 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA4B
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -8.44, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 57.01, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0277 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.132 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6500, 47.9069, 13.6556)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA4B #4B59C8

analogous

#C87C4B #C8BA4B #98C84B

triadic

#C8BA4B #4BC8BA #BA4BC8

tetradic

#C8BA4B #4BC87C #4B59C8 #C84B98

square

#C8BA4B #4BC87C #4B59C8 #C84B98

split-complementary

#C8BA4B #4B98C8 #7C4BC8

monochromatic

#756C24 #A49732 #C8BA4B #D6CC7A #E5DEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8BA4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#C8BA4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA4B

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA4B	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.132 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcce82',
    500: '#c8ba4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba4b;
$custom-light: #dcce82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77957,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA4B

secondary

#9DA3D2

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA4B

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

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