#C8BB5B#C8BB5B

#C8BB5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.118 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB5B
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -7.79, 49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 50.17, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.024 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.118 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4795, 48.5769, 16.9815)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB5B #5B68C8

analogous

#C8855B #C8BB5B #9FC85B

triadic

#C8BB5B #5BC8BB #BB5BC8

tetradic

#C8BB5B #5BC885 #5B68C8 #C85B9F

square

#C8BB5B #5BC885 #5B68C8 #C85B9F

split-complementary

#C8BB5B #5B9FC8 #855BC8

monochromatic

#7E742A #AC9E3A #C8BB5B #D7CE89 #E7E1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C8BB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB5B

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB5B	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.118 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf8c',
    500: '#c8bb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb5b;
$custom-light: #dbcf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78342,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB5B

secondary

#A9AFD6

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB5B

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

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