#C8BC4D#C8BC4D

#C8BC4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.132 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC4D
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -9.34, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 56.88, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.03 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.132 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1438, 48.7832, 14.1632)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC4D #4D59C8

analogous

#C87F4D #C8BC4D #97C84D

triadic

#C8BC4D #4DC8BC #BC4DC8

tetradic

#C8BC4D #4DC87F #4D59C8 #C84D97

square

#C8BC4D #4DC87F #4D59C8 #C84D97

split-complementary

#C8BC4D #4D97C8 #7F4DC8

monochromatic

#766E24 #A59A33 #C8BC4D #D6CE7C #E5DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C8BC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC4D

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC4D	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.132 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf83',
    500: '#c8bc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc4d;
$custom-light: #dccf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.784,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC4D

secondary

#9EA3D2

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC4D

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

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