Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Bamboo

Bamboo is an earth tone yellow color with HEX #C7B56E. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 199, 181, 110, HSL 48, 44%, 61%, warm temperature, and is useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes.

#C7B56E yellow warm earth-tone
HEX #C7B56E
RGB rgb(199, 181, 110)
HSL hsl(48 44% 61%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 9, 45, 22)
Luminance 0.4632
Contrast Black 10.26:1White 2.05:1

CSS Utilities

--color-bamboo: #C7B56E;
.bg-bamboo { background-color: #C7B56E; }
.text-bamboo { color: #C7B56E; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.4632
Black text10.26:1AA Pass
White text2.05:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    181,
    110
  ],
  "hsl": [
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    44,
    61
  ],
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    9,
    45,
    22
  ],
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  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#7081C7",
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    "#C78A70",
    "#ADC770"
  ],
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    "#B670C7"
  ],
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    "#70C78A",
    "#7081C7",
    "#C770AD"
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    "#8A70C7"
  ],
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    "#E1D8B2",
    "#C7B56E",
    "#9E8B3D"
  ]
}
Variants
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  "light": "#E1D8B2",
  "dark": "#9E8B3D",
  "saturated": "#DDC35A",
  "desaturated": "#B1A986",
  "pastel": "#E6E2D1",
  "neon": "#FFDF61"
}
Pairings
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    "#C78A70",
    "#ADC770"
  ],
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    "#E1D8B2"
  ],
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    "#F5F5F5",
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  "highContrast": [
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  ],
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    "#E1D8B2",
    "#B1A986"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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    "champagne-gold",
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  ],
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  ],
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  ],
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      "/harmonies/bamboo",
      "/wcag/bamboo",
      "/css/colors/bamboo",
      "/hex/c7b56e"
    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
{
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  "name": "Bamboo",
  "hex": "#C7B56E",
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    "natural product design",
    "seasonal editorial palettes"
  ],
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      "life",
      "seasonality",
      "organic texture"
    ],
    "contexts": [
      "floral design",
      "garden brands",
      "lifestyle",
      "packaging"
    ],
    "avoidIn": [
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    ]
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  "aliases": [],
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  "confidence": "medium",
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  "sourceUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/assets/colors.json",
  "origin": {
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    "notes": "Curated common color reference used in design, material, cultural, and editorial color systems."
  },
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  "temperature": "warm",
  "tone": [
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  ],
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    110
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    "neon": "#FFDF61"
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    ]
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      "/hex/c7b56e"
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      "#E1D8B2"
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      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Bamboo Color

Bamboo sits in the yellow family with warm temperature and earth tone visual character. Bamboo is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include life, seasonality, and organic texture, which makes it relevant for floral design and garden brands. In design work, Bamboo is most useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Yellow color familyBrowse named yellow colors and compare nearby swatches.Warm colorsExplore colors with warm temperature behavior.Earth Tone colorsFind colors with earth tone visual character.Bamboo accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #C7B56E.Bamboo CSS utilitiesUse Bamboo in CSS variables and utility classes.#C7B56E HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Bamboo paletteOpen the generated palette based on Bamboo.Bamboo harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Bamboo against black and white text.

Black text10.26:1AA Pass
White text2.05:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Sandstone#C9AE74
Dark Khaki#BDB76B
Champagne Gold#D6B971
Ecru#C2B280
Sand#C2B280

Color Harmonies

#7081C7#7081C7
#C78A70#C78A70
#ADC770#ADC770
#70C7B6#70C7B6
#B670C7#B670C7
Open full Bamboo harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#E1D8B2#E1D8B2
#9E8B3D#9E8B3D
#DDC35A#DDC35A
#B1A986#B1A986
#E6E2D1#E6E2D1
#FFDF61#FFDF61

Pairings

Black#000000
#7081C7#7081C7
#C78A70#C78A70
#ADC770#ADC770
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5