#C8BF5A#C8BF5A

#C8BF5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.123 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF5A
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, -9.93, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 52.21, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0302 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.123 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2971, 50.2806, 17.0426)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF5A #5A63C8

analogous

#C8885A #C8BF5A #9AC85A

triadic

#C8BF5A #5AC8BF #BF5AC8

tetradic

#C8BF5A #5AC888 #5A63C8 #C85A9A

square

#C8BF5A #5AC888 #5A63C8 #C85A9A

split-complementary

#C8BF5A #5A9AC8 #885AC8

monochromatic

#7E772A #ACA239 #C8BF5A #D7D188 #E7E3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8BF5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#C8BF5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF5A

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF5A	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.123 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd28c',
    500: '#c8bf5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf5a;
$custom-light: #dbd28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79175,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF5A

secondary

#404686

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF5A

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

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