#C8BA4D#C8BA4D

#C8BA4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.130 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA4D
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -8.31, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 56.14, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.027 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.13 102)
XYZ	xyz(42.7195, 47.9347, 14.0218)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA4D #4D5BC8

analogous

#C87D4D #C8BA4D #99C84D

triadic

#C8BA4D #4DC8BA #BA4DC8

tetradic

#C8BA4D #4DC87D #4D5BC8 #C84D99

square

#C8BA4D #4DC87D #4D5BC8 #C84D99

split-complementary

#C8BA4D #4D99C8 #7D4DC8

monochromatic

#766D24 #A59833 #C8BA4D #D6CC7C #E5DEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8BA4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#C8BA4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA4D

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA4D	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.130 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcce83',
    500: '#c8ba4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba4d;
$custom-light: #dcce83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77977,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.47933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA4D

secondary

#9EA4D2

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA4D

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

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