#C8BA38#C8BA38

#C8BA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.145 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA38
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -9.51, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 64.58, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0327 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.145 103)
XYZ	xyz(42.0940, 47.6845, 10.7274)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA38 #3846C8

analogous

#C87238 #C8BA38 #8EC838

triadic

#C8BA38 #38C8BA #BA38C8

tetradic

#C8BA38 #38C872 #3846C8 #C8388E

square

#C8BA38 #38C872 #3846C8 #C8388E

split-complementary

#C8BA38 #388EC8 #7238C8

monochromatic

#69611D #998E2A #C8BA38 #D5CB68 #E3DB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8BA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#C8BA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA38

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA38	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.145 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcce77',
    500: '#c8ba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba38;
$custom-light: #dcce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.778,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.47683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA38

secondary

#8E94CE

accent

#57E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA38

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

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