#C8BA49#C8BA49
#C8BA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.133 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C8BA49 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(200, 186, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 54%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 64%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7%, 63.5%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.75, -8.57, 57.23) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.75, 57.87, 98.52°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.94% -0.0282 0.1301) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.94% 0.133 102.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.5826, 47.8799, 13.3008) |
| Luminance | 0.4788 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 4.42
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 5.03
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 5.15
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 5.23
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 5.40
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C8BA49 #4957C8
analogous
#C87A49 #C8BA49 #96C849
triadic
#C8BA49 #49C8BA #BA49C8
tetradic
#C8BA49 #49C87A #4957C8 #C84996
square
#C8BA49 #49C87A #4957C8 #C84996
split-complementary
#C8BA49 #4996C8 #7A49C8
monochromatic
#746B23 #A39631 #C8BA49 #D6CC78 #E4DEA7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.99
#C8BA49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.58
#C8BA49 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C8BA49
10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C8BA49 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C8BA49 | 1.00 | 1.99 | 10.58 | 10.58 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.99 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.58 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.58 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB43B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBB4F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6AEA2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c8ba49; /* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.133 102.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dcce81',
500: '#c8ba49',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c8ba49; $custom-light: #dcce81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c8ba49",
"rgb": {
"r": 200,
"g": 186,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.386,
"s": 53.586,
"l": 53.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77938,
"c": 0.13316,
"h": 102.2
},
"luminance": 0.47878
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C8BA49
secondary
#9BA1D2
accent
#5BDD4B
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF9EF
border
#D4D2CA
text
#15130B
muted
#83827C