#C8BC59#C8BC59

#C8BC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.121 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC59
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -8.47, 50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 51.49, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0261 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.121 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6072, 48.9686, 16.6041)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC59 #5965C8

analogous

#C88559 #C8BC59 #9CC859

triadic

#C8BC59 #59C8BC #BC59C8

tetradic

#C8BC59 #59C885 #5965C8 #C8599C

square

#C8BC59 #59C885 #5965C8 #C8599C

split-complementary

#C8BC59 #599CC8 #8559C8

monochromatic

#7D7429 #AB9F39 #C8BC59 #D7CF87 #E6E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C8BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC59

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC59	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)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.121 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf8b',
    500: '#c8bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc59;
$custom-light: #dbcf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78529,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC59

secondary

#A8ADD5

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC59

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

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