#C8BB46#C8BB46

#C8BB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.136 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB46
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 70)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -9.27, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 59.48, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0306 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.136 103)
XYZ	xyz(42.6969, 48.2639, 12.8600)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB46 #4653C8

analogous

#C87A46 #C8BB46 #94C846

triadic

#C8BB46 #46C8BB #BB46C8

tetradic

#C8BB46 #46C87A #4653C8 #C84694

square

#C8BB46 #46C87A #4653C8 #C84694

split-complementary

#C8BB46 #4694C8 #7A46C8

monochromatic

#726A22 #A19630 #C8BB46 #D6CC75 #E4DEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C8BB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB46

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB46	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.136 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf7f',
    500: '#c8bb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb46;
$custom-light: #dccf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78123,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.48262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB46

secondary

#999ED1

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB46

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

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