#C8BA45#C8BA45

#C8BA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.136 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA45
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -8.81, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 59.54, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0294 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.136 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4542, 47.8286, 12.6246)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA45 #4553C8

analogous

#C87945 #C8BA45 #94C845

triadic

#C8BA45 #45C8BA #BA45C8

tetradic

#C8BA45 #45C879 #4553C8 #C84594

square

#C8BA45 #45C879 #4553C8 #C84594

split-complementary

#C8BA45 #4594C8 #7945C8

monochromatic

#716921 #A0942F #C8BA45 #D6CC74 #E4DDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8BA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C8BA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA45

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA45	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.136 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcce7e',
    500: '#c8ba45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba45;
$custom-light: #dcce7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77902,
    "c": 0.13623,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA45

secondary

#989ED1

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA45

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

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