#C8BC48#C8BC48

#C8BC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.136 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC48
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 72)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -9.66, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 59.01, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0315 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.136 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9740, 48.7153, 13.2690)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC48 #4854C8

analogous

#C87C48 #C8BC48 #94C848

triadic

#C8BC48 #48C8BC #BC48C8

tetradic

#C8BC48 #48C87C #4854C8 #C84894

square

#C8BC48 #48C87C #4854C8 #C84894

split-complementary

#C8BC48 #4894C8 #7C48C8

monochromatic

#736B23 #A29731 #C8BC48 #D6CD77 #E4DEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C8BC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC48

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC48	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	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)

#CCB63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.136 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf80',
    500: '#c8bc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc48;
$custom-light: #dccf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78353,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC48

secondary

#9AA0D1

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC48

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

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