#C8BB56#C8BB56

#C8BB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.123 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB56
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -8.18, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 52.49, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0257 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.123 102)
XYZ	xyz(43.2709, 48.4935, 15.8832)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB56 #5663C8

analogous

#C88256 #C8BB56 #9CC856

triadic

#C8BB56 #56C8BB #BB56C8

tetradic

#C8BB56 #56C882 #5663C8 #C8569C

square

#C8BB56 #56C882 #5663C8 #C8569C

split-complementary

#C8BB56 #569CC8 #8256C8

monochromatic

#7B7228 #AA9D37 #C8BB56 #D7CE84 #E6E0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C8BB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB56

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB56	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)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.123 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf89',
    500: '#c8bb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb56;
$custom-light: #dbcf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78283,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.48492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB56

secondary

#A5ABD4

accent

#5DDA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB56

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

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