#C8BF59#C8BF59

#C8BF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.124 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF59
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -10.01, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 52.67, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0306 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.124 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2548, 50.2637, 16.8200)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF59 #5962C8

analogous

#C88859 #C8BF59 #9AC859

triadic

#C8BF59 #59C8BF #BF59C8

tetradic

#C8BF59 #59C888 #5962C8 #C8599A

square

#C8BF59 #59C888 #5962C8 #C8599A

split-complementary

#C8BF59 #599AC8 #8859C8

monochromatic

#7D7629 #ABA239 #C8BF59 #D7D187 #E6E2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8BF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#C8BF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF59

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF59	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)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.124 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd28b',
    500: '#c8bf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf59;
$custom-light: #dbd28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79164,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF59

secondary

#404685

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF59

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

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