#C8BB61#C8BB61

#C8BB61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.113 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BB61
RGB	rgb(200, 187, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -7.29, 46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 47.33, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0219 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.113 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7487, 48.6846, 18.3995)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BB61 #616EC8

analogous

#C88761 #C8BB61 #A1C861

triadic

#C8BB61 #61C8BB #BB61C8

tetradic

#C8BB61 #61C887 #616EC8 #C861A1

square

#C8BB61 #61C887 #616EC8 #C861A1

split-complementary

#C8BB61 #61A1C8 #8761C8

monochromatic

#82772D #AFA13D #C8BB61 #D8CF8E #E8E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C8BB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BB61

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BB61	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 187, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.113 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf90',
    500: '#c8bb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bb61;
$custom-light: #dbcf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.427,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78417,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BB61

secondary

#AEB3D7

accent

#61D850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F1

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BB61

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

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