#C8BB48#C8BB48

#C8BB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.135 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB48
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 72)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -9.15, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 58.65, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.03 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.135 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7611, 48.2896, 13.1980)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB48 #4855C8

analogous

#C87B48 #C8BB48 #95C848

triadic

#C8BB48 #48C8BB #BB48C8

tetradic

#C8BB48 #48C87B #4855C8 #C84895

square

#C8BB48 #48C87B #4855C8 #C84895

split-complementary

#C8BB48 #4895C8 #7B48C8

monochromatic

#736B23 #A29731 #C8BB48 #D6CC77 #E4DEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C8BB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB48

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB48	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.135 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf80',
    500: '#c8bb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb48;
$custom-light: #dccf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78141,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB48

secondary

#9AA0D1

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB48

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

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