#C8BB5C#C8BB5C

#C8BB5C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.118 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB5C
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 54%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -7.71, 49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 49.70, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0236 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.118 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5229, 48.5943, 17.2102)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB5C #5C69C8

analogous

#C8855C #C8BB5C #9FC85C

triadic

#C8BB5C #5CC8BB #BB5CC8

tetradic

#C8BB5C #5CC885 #5C69C8 #C85C9F

square

#C8BB5C #5CC885 #5C69C8 #C85C9F

split-complementary

#C8BB5C #5C9FC8 #855CC8

monochromatic

#7F752B #AD9F3A #C8BB5C #D7CE8A #E7E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BB5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C8BB5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB5C

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB5C	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)

#CAB653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.118 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf8d',
    500: '#c8bb5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb5c;
$custom-light: #dbcf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.778,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78354,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB5C

secondary

#AAAFD6

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB5C

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

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