#C8BA53#C8BA53

#C8BA53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.125 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA53
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -7.89, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 53.48, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0252 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.125 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9412, 48.0234, 15.1894)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA53 #5361C8

analogous

#C88053 #C8BA53 #9BC853

triadic

#C8BA53 #53C8BA #BA53C8

tetradic

#C8BA53 #53C880 #5361C8 #C8539B

square

#C8BA53 #53C880 #5361C8 #C8539B

split-complementary

#C8BA53 #539BC8 #8053C8

monochromatic

#7A7027 #A89A36 #C8BA53 #D7CD81 #E6DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8BA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#C8BA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA53

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA53	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)

#C9B548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.125 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbce87',
    500: '#c8ba53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba53;
$custom-light: #dbce87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78039,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA53

secondary

#A3A9D4

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA53

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

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