#C8BC44#C8BC44

#C8BC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.139 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC44
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -9.90, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 60.66, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0326 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.139 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8477, 48.6648, 12.6040)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC44 #4450C8

analogous

#C87A44 #C8BC44 #92C844

triadic

#C8BC44 #44C8BC #BC44C8

tetradic

#C8BC44 #44C87A #4450C8 #C84492

square

#C8BC44 #44C87A #4450C8 #C84492

split-complementary

#C8BC44 #4492C8 #7A44C8

monochromatic

#716921 #A0962F #C8BC44 #D6CD73 #E4DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C8BC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC44

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC44	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)

#CCB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.139 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf7e',
    500: '#c8bc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc44;
$custom-light: #dccf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78317,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC44

secondary

#979CD1

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC44

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

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