#C8BB55#C8BB55

#C8BB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.124 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB55
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -8.26, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 52.95, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.026 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.124 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2309, 48.4775, 15.6725)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB55 #5562C8

analogous

#C88155 #C8BB55 #9BC855

triadic

#C8BB55 #55C8BB #BB55C8

tetradic

#C8BB55 #55C881 #5562C8 #C8559B

square

#C8BB55 #55C881 #5562C8 #C8559B

split-complementary

#C8BB55 #559BC8 #8155C8

monochromatic

#7B7128 #A99C37 #C8BB55 #D7CD83 #E6E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C8BB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB55

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB55	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.124 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf88',
    500: '#c8bb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb55;
$custom-light: #dbcf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78272,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB55

secondary

#A5AAD4

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB55

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

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