#C8BB5A#C8BB5A

#C8BB5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.119 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB5A
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -7.87, 50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 50.64, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0243 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.119 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4366, 48.5598, 16.7558)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB5A #5A67C8

analogous

#C8845A #C8BB5A #9EC85A

triadic

#C8BB5A #5AC8BB #BB5AC8

tetradic

#C8BB5A #5AC884 #5A67C8 #C85A9E

square

#C8BB5A #5AC884 #5A67C8 #C85A9E

split-complementary

#C8BB5A #5A9EC8 #845AC8

monochromatic

#7E742A #AC9E39 #C8BB5A #D7CE88 #E7E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C8BB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB5A

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB5A	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)

#CAB651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.119 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf8b',
    500: '#c8bb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb5a;
$custom-light: #dbcf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7833,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB5A

secondary

#A8AED5

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB5A

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

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