#C8BF56#C8BF56

#C8BF56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.127 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF56
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -10.24, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 54.03, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0315 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.127 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1314, 50.2143, 16.1700)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF56 #565FC8

analogous

#C88656 #C8BF56 #98C856

triadic

#C8BF56 #56C8BF #BF56C8

tetradic

#C8BF56 #56C886 #565FC8 #C85698

square

#C8BF56 #56C886 #565FC8 #C85698

split-complementary

#C8BF56 #5698C8 #8656C8

monochromatic

#7B7528 #AAA137 #C8BF56 #D7D084 #E6E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8BF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#C8BF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF56

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF56	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.127 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd289',
    500: '#c8bf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf56;
$custom-light: #dbd289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7913,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF56

secondary

#3F4484

accent

#59DA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF56

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

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