#C8BB40#C8BB40

#C8BB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.141 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB40
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -9.61, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 61.90, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0322 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.141 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5169, 48.1919, 11.9119)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB40 #404DC8

analogous

#C87740 #C8BB40 #91C840

triadic

#C8BB40 #40C8BB #BB40C8

tetradic

#C8BB40 #40C877 #404DC8 #C84091

square

#C8BB40 #40C877 #404DC8 #C84091

split-complementary

#C8BB40 #4091C8 #7740C8

monochromatic

#6E6620 #9D932D #C8BB40 #D6CC70 #E3DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#C8BB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB40

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB40	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.141 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf7c',
    500: '#c8bb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb40;
$custom-light: #dccf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78072,
    "c": 0.14073,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB40

secondary

#949AD0

accent

#57DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB40

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

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