#C8BF5B#C8BF5B

#C8BF5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.122 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF5B
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -9.85, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 51.74, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0299 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.122 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3399, 50.2978, 17.2683)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF5B #5B64C8

analogous

#C8895B #C8BF5B #9BC85B

triadic

#C8BF5B #5BC8BF #BF5BC8

tetradic

#C8BF5B #5BC889 #5B64C8 #C85B9B

square

#C8BF5B #5BC889 #5B64C8 #C85B9B

split-complementary

#C8BF5B #5B9BC8 #895BC8

monochromatic

#7E772A #ACA33A #C8BF5B #D7D189 #E7E3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8BF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#C8BF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF5B

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF5B	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)

#CEB951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.122 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd28c',
    500: '#c8bf5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf5b;
$custom-light: #dbd28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79187,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF5B

secondary

#414786

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF5B

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

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