#C8BC57#C8BC57

#C8BC57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.123 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC57
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -8.62, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 52.41, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0268 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.123 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5244, 48.9355, 16.1678)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC57 #5763C8

analogous

#C88457 #C8BC57 #9CC857

triadic

#C8BC57 #57C8BC #BC57C8

tetradic

#C8BC57 #57C884 #5763C8 #C8579C

square

#C8BC57 #57C884 #5763C8 #C8579C

split-complementary

#C8BC57 #579CC8 #8457C8

monochromatic

#7C7329 #AA9E38 #C8BC57 #D7CE85 #E6E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C8BC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC57

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC57	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.123 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf8a',
    500: '#c8bc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc57;
$custom-light: #dbcf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.628,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78506,
    "c": 0.12314,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC57

secondary

#A6ABD5

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC57

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

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