#C8BB51#C8BB51

#C8BB51 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	#C8BB51
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -8.55, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 54.75, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0273 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.128 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0765, 48.4157, 14.8591)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB51 #515EC8

analogous

#C87F51 #C8BB51 #9AC851

triadic

#C8BB51 #51C8BB #BB51C8

tetradic

#C8BB51 #51C87F #515EC8 #C8519A

square

#C8BB51 #51C87F #515EC8 #C8519A

split-complementary

#C8BB51 #519AC8 #7F51C8

monochromatic

#797026 #A79B35 #C8BB51 #D7CD80 #E5DFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8BB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#C8BB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB51

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB51	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)

#CBB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.128 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf86',
    500: '#c8bb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb51;
$custom-light: #dbcf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78229,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB51

secondary

#A1A7D3

accent

#5CDB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB51

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

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