#C8BC35#C8BC35

#C8BC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.149 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC35
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -10.67, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 66.31, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0363 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.149 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4471, 48.5046, 10.4939)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC35 #3541C8

analogous

#C87335 #C8BC35 #8BC835

triadic

#C8BC35 #35C8BC #BC35C8

tetradic

#C8BC35 #35C873 #3541C8 #C8358B

square

#C8BC35 #35C873 #3541C8 #C8358B

split-complementary

#C8BC35 #358BC8 #7335C8

monochromatic

#67611B #988F28 #C8BC35 #D6CD64 #E3DC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C8BC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC35

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC35	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)

#CDB61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.149 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf76',
    500: '#c8bc35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc35;
$custom-light: #ddcf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78206,
    "c": 0.14863,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC35

secondary

#8B90CE

accent

#53E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC35

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

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