#C8BC3C#C8BC3C

#C8BC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.144 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC3C
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -10.34, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 63.78, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0347 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.144 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6200, 48.5737, 11.4048)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC3C #3C48C8

analogous

#C8763C #C8BC3C #8EC83C

triadic

#C8BC3C #3CC8BC #BC3CC8

tetradic

#C8BC3C #3CC876 #3C48C8 #C83C8E

square

#C8BC3C #3CC876 #3C48C8 #C83C8E

split-complementary

#C8BC3C #3C8EC8 #763CC8

monochromatic

#6B651E #9B922C #C8BC3C #D5CC6C #E3DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C8BC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC3C

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC3C	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.144 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf7a',
    500: '#c8bc3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc3c;
$custom-light: #dccf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78254,
    "c": 0.14432,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC3C

secondary

#9196CF

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC3C

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

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