#C8BB38#C8BB38

#C8BB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.146 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB38
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -10.02, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 64.92, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0342 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.146 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3054, 48.1073, 10.7978)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB38 #3845C8

analogous

#C87338 #C8BB38 #8DC838

triadic

#C8BB38 #38C8BB #BB38C8

tetradic

#C8BB38 #38C873 #3845C8 #C8388D

square

#C8BB38 #38C873 #3845C8 #C8388D

split-complementary

#C8BB38 #388DC8 #7338C8

monochromatic

#69621D #998F2A #C8BB38 #D5CB68 #E3DC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8BB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#C8BB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB38

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB38	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)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.146 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf77',
    500: '#c8bb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb38;
$custom-light: #dccf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78013,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB38

secondary

#8E94CE

accent

#56E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB38

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

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