#C8BA4F#C8BA4F

#C8BA4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.128 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BA4F
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -8.17, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 55.27, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0264 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.128 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7912, 47.9634, 14.3994)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BA4F #4F5DC8

analogous

#C87E4F #C8BA4F #99C84F

triadic

#C8BA4F #4FC8BA #BA4FC8

tetradic

#C8BA4F #4FC87E #4F5DC8 #C84F99

square

#C8BA4F #4FC87E #4F5DC8 #C84F99

split-complementary

#C8BA4F #4F99C8 #7E4FC8

monochromatic

#776E25 #A69934 #C8BA4F #D7CC7E #E5DFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8BA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#C8BA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BA4F

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BA4F	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)

#CAB543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ba4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.128 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbce84',
    500: '#c8ba4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ba4f;
$custom-light: #dbce84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ba4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77997,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BA4F

secondary

#A0A6D3

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BA4F

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

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