#C8BB53#C8BB53

#C8BB53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.126 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB53
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -8.41, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 53.85, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0266 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.126 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1526, 48.4462, 15.2599)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB53 #5360C8

analogous

#C88053 #C8BB53 #9BC853

triadic

#C8BB53 #53C8BB #BB53C8

tetradic

#C8BB53 #53C880 #5360C8 #C8539B

square

#C8BB53 #53C880 #5360C8 #C8539B

split-complementary

#C8BB53 #539BC8 #8053C8

monochromatic

#7A7027 #A89B36 #C8BB53 #D7CD81 #E6E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C8BB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB53

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB53	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.126 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf87',
    500: '#c8bb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb53;
$custom-light: #dbcf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7825,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB53

secondary

#A3A8D4

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB53

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

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