#C8BB57#C8BB57

#C8BB57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.122 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB57
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -8.11, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 52.03, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0253 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.122 102)
XYZ	xyz(43.3115, 48.5097, 16.0968)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB57 #5764C8

analogous

#C88357 #C8BB57 #9DC857

triadic

#C8BB57 #57C8BB #BB57C8

tetradic

#C8BB57 #57C883 #5764C8 #C8579D

square

#C8BB57 #57C883 #5764C8 #C8579D

split-complementary

#C8BB57 #579DC8 #8357C8

monochromatic

#7C7229 #AA9D38 #C8BB57 #D7CE85 #E6E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C8BB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB57

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB57	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)

#CAB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.122 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf8a',
    500: '#c8bb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb57;
$custom-light: #dbcf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.097,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78295,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.48508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB57

secondary

#A6ABD5

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB57

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

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