#C8BB42#C8BB42

#C8BB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.139 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB42
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -9.50, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 61.11, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0317 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.139 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5748, 48.2151, 12.2170)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB42 #424FC8

analogous

#C87842 #C8BB42 #92C842

triadic

#C8BB42 #42C8BB #BB42C8

tetradic

#C8BB42 #42C878 #424FC8 #C84292

square

#C8BB42 #42C878 #424FC8 #C84292

split-complementary

#C8BB42 #4292C8 #7842C8

monochromatic

#6F6820 #9F942E #C8BB42 #D6CC71 #E4DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#C8BB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB42

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB42	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)

#CBB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.139 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf7d',
    500: '#c8bb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb42;
$custom-light: #dccf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78088,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB42

secondary

#969BD0

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB42

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

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