#C8BA3E#C8BA3E

#C8BA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.141 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA3E
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 62)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -9.21, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 62.33, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0313 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.141 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2496, 47.7467, 11.5471)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA3E #3E4CC8

analogous

#C8753E #C8BA3E #91C83E

triadic

#C8BA3E #3EC8BA #BA3EC8

tetradic

#C8BA3E #3EC875 #3E4CC8 #C83E91

square

#C8BA3E #3EC875 #3E4CC8 #C83E91

split-complementary

#C8BA3E #3E91C8 #753EC8

monochromatic

#6D651F #9C912D #C8BA3E #D6CB6E #E3DC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8BA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#C8BA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA3E

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA3E	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)

#CBB42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.141 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcce7b',
    500: '#c8ba3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba3e;
$custom-light: #dcce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.913,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77844,
    "c": 0.14122,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA3E

secondary

#9299CF

accent

#58DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA3E

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

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