#C8BA50#C8BA50

#C8BA50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.127 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA50
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -8.10, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 54.82, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0261 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.127 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8279, 47.9780, 14.5926)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA50 #505EC8

analogous

#C87E50 #C8BA50 #9AC850

triadic

#C8BA50 #50C8BA #BA50C8

tetradic

#C8BA50 #50C87E #505EC8 #C8509A

square

#C8BA50 #50C87E #505EC8 #C8509A

split-complementary

#C8BA50 #509AC8 #7E50C8

monochromatic

#786E26 #A69934 #C8BA50 #D7CC7F #E5DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8BA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#C8BA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA50

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA50	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.127 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbce85',
    500: '#c8ba50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba50;
$custom-light: #dbce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78007,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA50

secondary

#A1A7D3

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA50

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

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