#C8BF51#C8BF51

#C8BF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.131 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF51
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -10.61, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 56.27, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0331 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.131 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9369, 50.1366, 15.1459)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF51 #515AC8

analogous

#C88351 #C8BF51 #96C851

triadic

#C8BF51 #51C8BF #BF51C8

tetradic

#C8BF51 #51C883 #515AC8 #C85196

square

#C8BF51 #51C883 #515AC8 #C85196

split-complementary

#C8BF51 #5196C8 #8351C8

monochromatic

#797226 #A79E35 #C8BF51 #D7D080 #E5E1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8BF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#C8BF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF51

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF51	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.131 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd286',
    500: '#c8bf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf51;
$custom-light: #dbd286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79077,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF51

secondary

#3C4181

accent

#57DB4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF51

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

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