#C8BC33#C8BC33

#C8BC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.150 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC33
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -10.76, 66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 66.99, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0367 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.15 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4020, 48.4865, 10.2567)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC33 #333FC8

analogous

#C87233 #C8BC33 #8AC833

triadic

#C8BC33 #33C8BC #BC33C8

tetradic

#C8BC33 #33C872 #333FC8 #C8338A

square

#C8BC33 #33C872 #333FC8 #C8338A

split-complementary

#C8BC33 #338AC8 #7233C8

monochromatic

#66601A #978E27 #C8BC33 #D7CD61 #E3DD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C8BC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC33

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC33	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.150 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf75',
    500: '#c8bc33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc33;
$custom-light: #ddcf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.168,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78193,
    "c": 0.14977,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC33

secondary

#898ECE

accent

#52E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC33

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

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