#C8BC40#C8BC40

#C8BC40 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	#C8BC40
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -10.13, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 62.25, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0337 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.142 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7298, 48.6176, 11.9829)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC40 #404CC8

analogous

#C87840 #C8BC40 #90C840

triadic

#C8BC40 #40C8BC #BC40C8

tetradic

#C8BC40 #40C878 #404CC8 #C84090

square

#C8BC40 #40C878 #404CC8 #C84090

split-complementary

#C8BC40 #4090C8 #7840C8

monochromatic

#6E6720 #9D942D #C8BC40 #D6CD70 #E3DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C8BC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC40

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC40	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)

#CCB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.142 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf7c',
    500: '#c8bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc40;
$custom-light: #dccf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78285,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC40

secondary

#9499D0

accent

#56DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC40

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

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