#C8BC49#C8BC49

#C8BC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.135 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC49
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -9.60, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 58.59, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0312 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.135 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0069, 48.7285, 13.4422)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC49 #4955C8

analogous

#C87C49 #C8BC49 #94C849

triadic

#C8BC49 #49C8BC #BC49C8

tetradic

#C8BC49 #49C87C #4955C8 #C84994

square

#C8BC49 #49C87C #4955C8 #C84994

split-complementary

#C8BC49 #4994C8 #7C49C8

monochromatic

#746C23 #A39831 #C8BC49 #D6CD78 #E4DFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#C8BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC49

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC49	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.135 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf81',
    500: '#c8bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc49;
$custom-light: #dccf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78362,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC49

secondary

#9BA0D2

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC49

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

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