#C8BC55#C8BC55

#C8BC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.125 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC55
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -8.77, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 53.33, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0275 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.125 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4438, 48.9033, 15.7434)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC55 #5561C8

analogous

#C88255 #C8BC55 #9AC855

triadic

#C8BC55 #55C8BC #BC55C8

tetradic

#C8BC55 #55C882 #5561C8 #C8559A

square

#C8BC55 #55C882 #5561C8 #C8559A

split-complementary

#C8BC55 #559AC8 #8255C8

monochromatic

#7B7228 #A99D37 #C8BC55 #D7CE83 #E6E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C8BC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC55

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC55	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.125 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf88',
    500: '#c8bc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc55;
$custom-light: #dbcf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78483,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC55

secondary

#A5AAD4

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC55

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

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