#C8BC51#C8BC51

#C8BC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.128 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC51
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -9.07, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 55.12, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0288 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.128 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2894, 48.8415, 14.9301)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC51 #515DC8

analogous

#C88151 #C8BC51 #98C851

triadic

#C8BC51 #51C8BC #BC51C8

tetradic

#C8BC51 #51C881 #515DC8 #C85198

square

#C8BC51 #51C881 #515DC8 #C85198

split-complementary

#C8BC51 #5198C8 #8151C8

monochromatic

#797026 #A79B35 #C8BC51 #D7CE80 #E5E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C8BC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC51

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC51	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.128 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf86',
    500: '#c8bc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc51;
$custom-light: #dbcf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.95,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7844,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC51

secondary

#A1A6D3

accent

#5BDB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC51

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

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