#c8bb40

Color #c8bb40

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 20.09 Nearest Tailwind class amber-300 #ffd230 · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c8bb40

RGB

rgb(200, 187, 64)

HSL

hsl(54.3, 55.3%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(54.3, 68%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 68%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(74.95, -9.61, 61.15)

LCH

lch(74.95, 61.9, 98.93)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.1407, 103.23)

HWB

hwb(54.3, 25.1%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#404dc8

Analogous

#c87740

#c8bb40

#91c840

Triadic

#c8bb40

#40c8bb

#bb40c8

Split-complementary

#c8bb40

#4091c8

#7740c8

Tetradic

#c8bb40

#4dc840

#404dc8

#bb40c8

Square

#c8bb40

#40c877

#404dc8

#c84091

Shades

Color #c8bb40 mixed toward black.

#ab9f31

#898027

#67601e

#444014

#22200a

Tints

Color #c8bb40 mixed toward white.

#d1c660

#dad280

#e4dda0

#ede8bf

#f6f4df

Tones

Color #c8bb40 mixed toward gray.

#bdb24b

#b1a957

#a6a062

#9b966d

#8f8d79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c26f · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#c3c477 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#c7888c · ΔE 40.2

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 25.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8bb40;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8bb40]

Related colors

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Gold #ffd700

Ivory #fffff0

Frequently asked questions

#c8bb40 (#c8bb40) is rgb(200, 187, 64) in RGB.

No, #c8bb40 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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