#C8BA57#C8BA57

#C8BA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.121 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA57
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -7.59, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 51.65, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0238 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.121 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1001, 48.0869, 16.0264)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA57 #5765C8

analogous

#C88257 #C8BA57 #9EC857

triadic

#C8BA57 #57C8BA #BA57C8

tetradic

#C8BA57 #57C882 #5765C8 #C8579E

square

#C8BA57 #57C882 #5765C8 #C8579E

split-complementary

#C8BA57 #579EC8 #8257C8

monochromatic

#7C7229 #AA9C38 #C8BA57 #D7CD85 #E6E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8BA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#C8BA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA57

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA57	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.121 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbce89',
    500: '#c8ba57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba57;
$custom-light: #dbce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78084,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA57

secondary

#A6ACD5

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA57

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

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