#C8BC5A#C8BC5A

#C8BC5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.120 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC5A
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -8.39, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 51.03, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0258 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.12 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6495, 48.9855, 16.8268)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC5A #5A66C8

analogous

#C8855A #C8BC5A #9DC85A

triadic

#C8BC5A #5AC8BC #BC5AC8

tetradic

#C8BC5A #5AC885 #5A66C8 #C85A9D

square

#C8BC5A #5AC885 #5A66C8 #C85A9D

split-complementary

#C8BC5A #5A9DC8 #855AC8

monochromatic

#7E752A #AC9F39 #C8BC5A #D7CF88 #E7E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C8BC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC5A

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC5A	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.120 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf8c',
    500: '#c8bc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc5a;
$custom-light: #dbcf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78541,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC5A

secondary

#A8ADD5

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC5A

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

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