#C8BC3F#C8BC3F

#C8BC3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.142 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC3F
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -10.18, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 62.64, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0339 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.142 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7016, 48.6064, 11.8343)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC3F #3F4BC8

analogous

#C8783F #C8BC3F #8FC83F

triadic

#C8BC3F #3FC8BC #BC3FC8

tetradic

#C8BC3F #3FC878 #3F4BC8 #C83F8F

square

#C8BC3F #3FC878 #3F4BC8 #C83F8F

split-complementary

#C8BC3F #3F8FC8 #783FC8

monochromatic

#6D661F #9D932D #C8BC3F #D6CD6F #E3DD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BC3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C8BC3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC3F

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC3F	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)

#CCB62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.142 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf7b',
    500: '#c8bc3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc3f;
$custom-light: #dccf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78277,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC3F

secondary

#9399D0

accent

#56DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC3F

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

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