#C8BC56#C8BC56

#C8BC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.124 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC56
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -8.70, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 52.87, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0271 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.124 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4838, 48.9193, 15.9541)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC56 #5662C8

analogous

#C88356 #C8BC56 #9BC856

triadic

#C8BC56 #56C8BC #BC56C8

tetradic

#C8BC56 #56C883 #5662C8 #C8569B

square

#C8BC56 #56C883 #5662C8 #C8569B

split-complementary

#C8BC56 #569BC8 #8356C8

monochromatic

#7B7328 #AA9E37 #C8BC56 #D7CE84 #E6E1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C8BC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC56

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC56	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)

#CBB74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.124 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf89',
    500: '#c8bc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc56;
$custom-light: #dbcf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78494,
    "c": 0.12405,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC56

secondary

#A5AAD4

accent

#5CDA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC56

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

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