#C8BB3B#C8BB3B

#C8BB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.144 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB3B
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -9.87, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 63.81, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0335 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.144 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3810, 48.1375, 11.1959)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB3B #3B48C8

analogous

#C8743B #C8BB3B #8EC83B

triadic

#C8BB3B #3BC8BB #BB3BC8

tetradic

#C8BB3B #3BC874 #3B48C8 #C83B8E

square

#C8BB3B #3BC874 #3B48C8 #C83B8E

split-complementary

#C8BB3B #3B8EC8 #743BC8

monochromatic

#6B641E #9A902B #C8BB3B #D5CC6B #E3DC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8BB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C8BB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB3B

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB3B	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)

#CCB527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.144 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf79',
    500: '#c8bb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb3b;
$custom-light: #dccf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78034,
    "c": 0.14408,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB3B

secondary

#9096CF

accent

#56DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB3B

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

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