#C8BB5D#C8BB5D

#C8BB5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.117 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB5D
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -7.63, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 49.23, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0233 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.117 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5669, 48.6119, 17.4419)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB5D #5D6AC8

analogous

#C8855D #C8BB5D #A0C85D

triadic

#C8BB5D #5DC8BB #BB5DC8

tetradic

#C8BB5D #5DC885 #5D6AC8 #C85DA0

square

#C8BB5D #5DC885 #5D6AC8 #C85DA0

split-complementary

#C8BB5D #5DA0C8 #855DC8

monochromatic

#7F752B #AD9F3B #C8BB5D #D8CE8B #E7E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C8BB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB5D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB5D	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)

#CAB654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.117 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf8d',
    500: '#c8bb5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb5d;
$custom-light: #dbcf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.71,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78366,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB5D

secondary

#ABB0D6

accent

#60D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB5D

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

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