#C8BA5B#C8BA5B

#C8BA5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.118 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA5B
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -7.27, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 49.79, 98.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0225 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.118 101)
XYZ	xyz(43.2681, 48.1541, 16.9110)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA5B #5B69C8

analogous

#C8845B #C8BA5B #9FC85B

triadic

#C8BA5B #5BC8BA #BA5BC8

tetradic

#C8BA5B #5BC884 #5B69C8 #C85B9F

square

#C8BA5B #5BC884 #5B69C8 #C85B9F

split-complementary

#C8BA5B #5B9FC8 #845BC8

monochromatic

#7E732A #AC9D3A #C8BA5B #D7CD89 #E7E1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8BA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C8BA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA5B

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA5B	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.118 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbce8c',
    500: '#c8ba5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba5b;
$custom-light: #dbce8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.294,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78131,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.48153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA5B

secondary

#A9AFD6

accent

#60D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA5B

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

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