#C8BC42#C8BC42

#C8BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.140 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC42
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -10.02, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 61.46, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0331 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.14 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7877, 48.6408, 12.2880)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC42 #424EC8

analogous

#C87942 #C8BC42 #91C842

triadic

#C8BC42 #42C8BC #BC42C8

tetradic

#C8BC42 #42C879 #424EC8 #C84291

square

#C8BC42 #42C879 #424EC8 #C84291

split-complementary

#C8BC42 #4291C8 #7942C8

monochromatic

#6F6820 #9F952E #C8BC42 #D6CD71 #E4DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C8BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC42

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC42	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.140 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf7d',
    500: '#c8bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc42;
$custom-light: #dccf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78301,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC42

secondary

#969BD0

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC42

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

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