#C8BA3D#C8BA3D

#C8BA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.142 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA3D
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -9.26, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 62.72, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0315 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.142 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2224, 47.7358, 11.4039)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA3D #3D4BC8

analogous

#C8743D #C8BA3D #90C83D

triadic

#C8BA3D #3DC8BA #BA3DC8

tetradic

#C8BA3D #3DC874 #3D4BC8 #C83D90

square

#C8BA3D #3DC874 #3D4BC8 #C83D90

split-complementary

#C8BA3D #3D90C8 #743DC8

monochromatic

#6C641F #9C902C #C8BA3D #D6CB6D #E3DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8BA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#C8BA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA3D

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA3D	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.142 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcce7a',
    500: '#c8ba3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba3d;
$custom-light: #dcce7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77837,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA3D

secondary

#9298CF

accent

#58DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA3D

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

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