#C8BC43#C8BC43

#C8BC43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.140 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC43
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -9.96, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 61.06, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0329 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.14 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8175, 48.6527, 12.4446)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC43 #434FC8

analogous

#C87943 #C8BC43 #92C843

triadic

#C8BC43 #43C8BC #BC43C8

tetradic

#C8BC43 #43C879 #434FC8 #C84392

square

#C8BC43 #43C879 #434FC8 #C84392

split-complementary

#C8BC43 #4392C8 #7943C8

monochromatic

#706921 #9F952F #C8BC43 #D6CD72 #E4DEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BC43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C8BC43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC43

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC43	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)

#CCB633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.140 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf7d',
    500: '#c8bc43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc43;
$custom-light: #dccf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78309,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC43

secondary

#969CD0

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC43

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

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