#C8BC45#C8BC45

#C8BC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.138 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC45
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -9.84, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 60.25, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0323 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.138 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8785, 48.6771, 12.7661)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC45 #4551C8

analogous

#C87B45 #C8BC45 #92C845

triadic

#C8BC45 #45C8BC #BC45C8

tetradic

#C8BC45 #45C87B #4551C8 #C84592

square

#C8BC45 #45C87B #4551C8 #C84592

split-complementary

#C8BC45 #4592C8 #7B45C8

monochromatic

#716A21 #A0962F #C8BC45 #D6CD74 #E4DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C8BC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC45

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC45	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.138 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf7f',
    500: '#c8bc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc45;
$custom-light: #dccf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78326,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC45

secondary

#989DD1

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC45

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

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