#C8BA52#C8BA52

#C8BA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.126 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA52
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -7.96, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 53.93, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0255 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.126 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9029, 48.0080, 14.9876)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA52 #5260C8

analogous

#C87F52 #C8BA52 #9BC852

triadic

#C8BA52 #52C8BA #BA52C8

tetradic

#C8BA52 #52C87F #5260C8 #C8529B

square

#C8BA52 #52C87F #5260C8 #C8529B

split-complementary

#C8BA52 #529BC8 #7F52C8

monochromatic

#796F27 #A89A35 #C8BA52 #D7CD80 #E6DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8BA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#C8BA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA52

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA52	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)

#CAB547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.126 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbce86',
    500: '#c8ba52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba52;
$custom-light: #dbce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78028,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA52

secondary

#A2A8D4

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA52

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

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