#C8BB49#C8BB49

#C8BB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.134 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB49
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -9.09, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 58.23, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0297 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.134 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7940, 48.3027, 13.3712)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB49 #4956C8

analogous

#C87B49 #C8BB49 #95C849

triadic

#C8BB49 #49C8BB #BB49C8

tetradic

#C8BB49 #49C87B #4956C8 #C84995

square

#C8BB49 #49C87B #4956C8 #C84995

split-complementary

#C8BB49 #4995C8 #7B49C8

monochromatic

#746B23 #A39731 #C8BB49 #D6CD78 #E4DEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C8BB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB49

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB49	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)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.134 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf81',
    500: '#c8bb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb49;
$custom-light: #dccf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7815,
    "c": 0.13407,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB49

secondary

#9BA1D2

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB49

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

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