#C8BB4A#C8BB4A

#C8BB4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.133 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB4A
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -9.02, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 57.80, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0294 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.133 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8274, 48.3161, 13.5472)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB4A #4A57C8

analogous

#C87C4A #C8BB4A #96C84A

triadic

#C8BB4A #4AC8BB #BB4AC8

tetradic

#C8BB4A #4AC87C #4A57C8 #C84A96

square

#C8BB4A #4AC87C #4A57C8 #C84A96

split-complementary

#C8BB4A #4A96C8 #7C4AC8

monochromatic

#746C23 #A39732 #C8BB4A #D6CD79 #E5DEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C8BB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB4A

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB4A	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)

#CBB53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.133 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf81',
    500: '#c8bb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb4a;
$custom-light: #dccf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78159,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB4A

secondary

#9CA2D2

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB4A

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

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