#C8BC4A#C8BC4A

#C8BC4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.134 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC4A
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -9.54, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 58.17, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0309 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.134 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0403, 48.7418, 13.6182)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC4A #4A56C8

analogous

#C87D4A #C8BC4A #95C84A

triadic

#C8BC4A #4AC8BC #BC4AC8

tetradic

#C8BC4A #4AC87D #4A56C8 #C84A95

square

#C8BC4A #4AC87D #4A56C8 #C84A95

split-complementary

#C8BC4A #4A95C8 #7D4AC8

monochromatic

#746D23 #A39832 #C8BC4A #D6CD79 #E5DFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#C8BC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC4A

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC4A	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)

#CCB63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.134 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf82',
    500: '#c8bc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc4a;
$custom-light: #dccf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78371,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC4A

secondary

#9CA1D2

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC4A

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

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