#C8BC47#C8BC47

#C8BC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.137 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC47
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 71)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -9.72, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 59.43, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0318 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.137 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9416, 48.7024, 13.0986)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC47 #4753C8

analogous

#C87C47 #C8BC47 #93C847

triadic

#C8BC47 #47C8BC #BC47C8

tetradic

#C8BC47 #47C87C #4753C8 #C84793

square

#C8BC47 #47C87C #4753C8 #C84793

split-complementary

#C8BC47 #4793C8 #7C47C8

monochromatic

#726B22 #A29730 #C8BC47 #D6CD76 #E4DEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8BC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C8BC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC47

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC47	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)

#CCB638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.137 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf80',
    500: '#c8bc47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc47;
$custom-light: #dccf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78344,
    "c": 0.13653,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC47

secondary

#9A9FD1

accent

#58DD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC47

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

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