#C8BA44#C8BA44

#C8BA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.137 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA44
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -8.87, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 59.95, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0297 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.137 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4234, 47.8162, 12.4625)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA44 #4452C8

analogous

#C87844 #C8BA44 #94C844

triadic

#C8BA44 #44C8BA #BA44C8

tetradic

#C8BA44 #44C878 #4452C8 #C84494

square

#C8BA44 #44C878 #4452C8 #C84494

split-complementary

#C8BA44 #4494C8 #7844C8

monochromatic

#716821 #A0942F #C8BA44 #D6CB73 #E4DDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8BA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#C8BA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA44

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA44	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)

#CAB434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.137 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcce7e',
    500: '#c8ba44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba44;
$custom-light: #dcce7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77893,
    "c": 0.13697,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA44

secondary

#979DD1

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA44

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

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