#C8BA42#C8BA42

#C8BA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.138 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA42
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -8.99, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 60.76, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0302 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.138 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3634, 47.7922, 12.1465)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA42 #4250C8

analogous

#C87742 #C8BA42 #93C842

triadic

#C8BA42 #42C8BA #BA42C8

tetradic

#C8BA42 #42C877 #4250C8 #C84293

square

#C8BA42 #42C877 #4250C8 #C84293

split-complementary

#C8BA42 #4293C8 #7742C8

monochromatic

#6F6720 #9F932E #C8BA42 #D6CB71 #E4DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8BA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#C8BA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA42

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA42	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.138 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcce7d',
    500: '#c8ba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba42;
$custom-light: #dcce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77876,
    "c": 0.13843,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA42

secondary

#969CD0

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA42

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

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