#C8BA59#C8BA59

#C8BA59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.119 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA59
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -7.43, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 50.73, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0232 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.119 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1830, 48.1201, 16.4627)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA59 #5967C8

analogous

#C88359 #C8BA59 #9FC859

triadic

#C8BA59 #59C8BA #BA59C8

tetradic

#C8BA59 #59C883 #5967C8 #C8599F

square

#C8BA59 #59C883 #5967C8 #C8599F

split-complementary

#C8BA59 #599FC8 #8359C8

monochromatic

#7D7329 #AB9D39 #C8BA59 #D7CD87 #E6E0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8BA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#C8BA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA59

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA59	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)

#C9B550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.119 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbce8b',
    500: '#c8ba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba59;
$custom-light: #dbce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.432,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78107,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA59

secondary

#A8ADD5

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA59

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

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