#C8BC3D#C8BC3D

#C8BC3D 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 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC3D
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -10.29, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 63.41, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0344 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.144 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6467, 48.5844, 11.5453)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC3D #3D49C8

analogous

#C8763D #C8BC3D #8EC83D

triadic

#C8BC3D #3DC8BC #BC3DC8

tetradic

#C8BC3D #3DC876 #3D49C8 #C83D8E

square

#C8BC3D #3DC876 #3D49C8 #C83D8E

split-complementary

#C8BC3D #3D8EC8 #763DC8

monochromatic

#6C651F #9C922C #C8BC3D #D6CC6D #E3DD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C8BC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC3D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC3D	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.144 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf7a',
    500: '#c8bc3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc3d;
$custom-light: #dccf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78261,
    "c": 0.14366,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC3D

secondary

#9297CF

accent

#56DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC3D

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

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