#C8BF57#C8BF57

#C8BF57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.126 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF57
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -10.17, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 53.58, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0312 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.126 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1719, 50.2306, 16.3836)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF57 #5760C8

analogous

#C88757 #C8BF57 #99C857

triadic

#C8BF57 #57C8BF #BF57C8

tetradic

#C8BF57 #57C887 #5760C8 #C85799

square

#C8BF57 #57C887 #5760C8 #C85799

split-complementary

#C8BF57 #5799C8 #8757C8

monochromatic

#7C7529 #AAA138 #C8BF57 #D7D185 #E6E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8BF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#C8BF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF57

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF57	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.126 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd28a',
    500: '#c8bf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf57;
$custom-light: #dbd28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79141,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF57

secondary

#3F4484

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF57

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

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