#C8BB3D#C8BB3D

#C8BB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.143 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB3D
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -9.77, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 63.06, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.033 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.143 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4338, 48.1586, 11.4743)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB3D #3D4AC8

analogous

#C8753D #C8BB3D #8FC83D

triadic

#C8BB3D #3DC8BB #BB3DC8

tetradic

#C8BB3D #3DC875 #3D4AC8 #C83D8F

square

#C8BB3D #3DC875 #3D4AC8 #C83D8F

split-complementary

#C8BB3D #3D8FC8 #753DC8

monochromatic

#6C651F #9C912C #C8BB3D #D6CC6D #E3DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8BB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C8BB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB3D

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB3D	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)

#CCB52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.143 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf7a',
    500: '#c8bb3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb3d;
$custom-light: #dccf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.388,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78049,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB3D

secondary

#9297CF

accent

#57DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB3D

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

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