#C8BB4E#C8BB4E

#C8BB4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.130 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB4E
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -8.76, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 56.07, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0282 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.13 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9665, 48.3717, 14.2797)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB4E #4E5BC8

analogous

#C87E4E #C8BB4E #98C84E

triadic

#C8BB4E #4EC8BB #BB4EC8

tetradic

#C8BB4E #4EC87E #4E5BC8 #C84E98

square

#C8BB4E #4EC87E #4E5BC8 #C84E98

split-complementary

#C8BB4E #4E98C8 #7E4EC8

monochromatic

#776E25 #A59933 #C8BB4E #D7CD7D #E5DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#C8BB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB4E

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB4E	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.130 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf84',
    500: '#c8bb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb4e;
$custom-light: #dccf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78198,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB4E

secondary

#9FA5D3

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB4E

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

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