#C8BC4B#C8BC4B

#C8BC4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.133 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC4B
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -9.47, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 57.74, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0306 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.133 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0743, 48.7554, 13.7970)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC4B #4B57C8

analogous

#C87E4B #C8BC4B #96C84B

triadic

#C8BC4B #4BC8BC #BC4BC8

tetradic

#C8BC4B #4BC87E #4B57C8 #C84B96

square

#C8BC4B #4BC87E #4B57C8 #C84B96

split-complementary

#C8BC4B #4B96C8 #7E4BC8

monochromatic

#756D24 #A49932 #C8BC4B #D6CD7A #E5DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#C8BC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC4B

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC4B	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)

#CCB63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.133 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf82',
    500: '#c8bc4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc4b;
$custom-light: #dccf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78381,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC4B

secondary

#9DA2D2

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC4B

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

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