#C8BB3E#C8BB3E

#C8BB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.142 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB3E
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 62)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -9.72, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 62.68, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0327 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.142 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4610, 48.1695, 11.6175)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB3E #3E4BC8

analogous

#C8763E #C8BB3E #90C83E

triadic

#C8BB3E #3EC8BB #BB3EC8

tetradic

#C8BB3E #3EC876 #3E4BC8 #C83E90

square

#C8BB3E #3EC876 #3E4BC8 #C83E90

split-complementary

#C8BB3E #3E90C8 #763EC8

monochromatic

#6D651F #9C922D #C8BB3E #D6CC6E #E3DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C8BB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB3E

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB3E	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	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)

#CCB52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.142 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf7b',
    500: '#c8bb3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb3e;
$custom-light: #dccf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78056,
    "c": 0.1421,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB3E

secondary

#9298CF

accent

#57DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB3E

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

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