#C8BB50#C8BB50

#C8BB50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.128 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB50
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -8.62, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 55.19, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0276 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.128 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0393, 48.4008, 14.6631)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB50 #505DC8

analogous

#C87F50 #C8BB50 #99C850

triadic

#C8BB50 #50C8BB #BB50C8

tetradic

#C8BB50 #50C87F #505DC8 #C85099

square

#C8BB50 #50C87F #505DC8 #C85099

split-complementary

#C8BB50 #5099C8 #7F50C8

monochromatic

#786F26 #A69A34 #C8BB50 #D7CD7F #E5DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#C8BB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB50

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB50	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)

#CBB544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.128 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf85',
    500: '#c8bb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb50;
$custom-light: #dbcf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78219,
    "c": 0.12835,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB50

secondary

#A1A6D3

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB50

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

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