#C8BB4F#C8BB4F

#C8BB4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.129 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB4F
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 79)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -8.69, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 55.63, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0279 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.129 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0026, 48.3862, 14.4699)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB4F #4F5CC8

analogous

#C87F4F #C8BB4F #98C84F

triadic

#C8BB4F #4FC8BB #BB4FC8

tetradic

#C8BB4F #4FC87F #4F5CC8 #C84F98

square

#C8BB4F #4FC87F #4F5CC8 #C84F98

split-complementary

#C8BB4F #4F98C8 #7F4FC8

monochromatic

#776F25 #A69A34 #C8BB4F #D7CD7E #E5DFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#C8BB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB4F

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB4F	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.129 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf85',
    500: '#c8bb4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb4f;
$custom-light: #dbcf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.554,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78208,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB4F

secondary

#A0A5D3

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB4F

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

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