#C8BA56#C8BA56

#C8BA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.122 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA56
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -7.67, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 52.11, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0242 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.122 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0595, 48.0707, 15.8127)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA56 #5664C8

analogous

#C88156 #C8BA56 #9DC856

triadic

#C8BA56 #56C8BA #BA56C8

tetradic

#C8BA56 #56C881 #5664C8 #C8569D

square

#C8BA56 #56C881 #5664C8 #C8569D

split-complementary

#C8BA56 #569DC8 #8156C8

monochromatic

#7B7128 #AA9C37 #C8BA56 #D7CD84 #E6E0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8BA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#C8BA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA56

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA56	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.122 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbce89',
    500: '#c8ba56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba56;
$custom-light: #dbce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78073,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA56

secondary

#A5ABD4

accent

#5FDA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA56

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

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