#C8BB33#C8BB33

#C8BB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.149 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB33
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -10.24, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 66.66, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0353 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.149 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1891, 48.0608, 10.1857)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB33 #3340C8

analogous

#C87133 #C8BB33 #8BC833

triadic

#C8BB33 #33C8BB #BB33C8

tetradic

#C8BB33 #33C871 #3340C8 #C8338B

square

#C8BB33 #33C871 #3340C8 #C8338B

split-complementary

#C8BB33 #338BC8 #7133C8

monochromatic

#66601A #978D27 #C8BB33 #D7CD61 #E3DC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8BB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#C8BB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB33

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB33	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)

#CCB517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.149 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf75',
    500: '#c8bb33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb33;
$custom-light: #ddcf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.765,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7798,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB33

secondary

#898FCE

accent

#53E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB33

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

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