#C8BB59#C8BB59

#C8BB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.120 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB59
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -7.95, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 51.11, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0247 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.12 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3944, 48.5429, 16.5331)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB59 #5966C8

analogous

#C88459 #C8BB59 #9EC859

triadic

#C8BB59 #59C8BB #BB59C8

tetradic

#C8BB59 #59C884 #5966C8 #C8599E

square

#C8BB59 #59C884 #5966C8 #C8599E

split-complementary

#C8BB59 #599EC8 #8459C8

monochromatic

#7D7329 #AB9E39 #C8BB59 #D7CE87 #E6E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C8BB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB59

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB59	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.120 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf8b',
    500: '#c8bb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb59;
$custom-light: #dbcf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78318,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB59

secondary

#A8ADD5

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB59

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

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