#C8BC53#C8BC53

#C8BC53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.127 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC53
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -8.92, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 54.23, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0281 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.127 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3655, 48.8719, 15.3309)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC53 #535FC8

analogous

#C88153 #C8BC53 #99C853

triadic

#C8BC53 #53C8BC #BC53C8

tetradic

#C8BC53 #53C881 #535FC8 #C85399

square

#C8BC53 #53C881 #535FC8 #C85399

split-complementary

#C8BC53 #5399C8 #8153C8

monochromatic

#7A7127 #A89C36 #C8BC53 #D7CE81 #E6E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C8BC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC53

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC53	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)

#CBB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.127 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf87',
    500: '#c8bc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc53;
$custom-light: #dbcf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78462,
    "c": 0.12671,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC53

secondary

#A3A8D4

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC53

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

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