#C8BA3F#C8BA3F
#C8BA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.141 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C8BA3F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(200, 186, 63) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 55%, 52%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 69%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7%, 68.5%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.67, -9.15, 61.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.67, 61.95, 98.50°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.85% -0.031 0.1371) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.85% 0.141 102.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.2773, 47.7578, 11.6929) |
| Luminance | 0.4776 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 3.36
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.09
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 4.19
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.27
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 4.39
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C8BA3F #3F4DC8
analogous
#C8763F #C8BA3F #92C83F
triadic
#C8BA3F #3FC8BA #BA3FC8
tetradic
#C8BA3F #3FC876 #3F4DC8 #C83F92
square
#C8BA3F #3FC876 #3F4DC8 #C83F92
split-complementary
#C8BA3F #3F92C8 #763FC8
monochromatic
#6D651F #9D912D #C8BA3F #D6CB6F #E3DC9E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.99
#C8BA3F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.55
#C8BA3F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C8BA3F
10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C8BA3F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C8BA3F | 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)
#CBB42D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBB47
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7ADA1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c8ba3f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 63); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.141 102.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dcce7b',
500: '#c8ba3f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c8ba3f; $custom-light: #dcce7b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c8ba3f",
"rgb": {
"r": 200,
"g": 186,
"b": 63
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.869,
"s": 55.466,
"l": 51.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77852,
"c": 0.14053,
"h": 102.7
},
"luminance": 0.47756
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C8BA3F
secondary
#9399D0
accent
#58DF49
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FCF9EE
border
#D5D2C9
text
#15130A
muted
#84827C