#C8BC4E#C8BC4E

#C8BC4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.131 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC4E
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -9.27, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 56.44, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0297 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.131 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1794, 48.7975, 14.3506)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC4E #4E5AC8

analogous

#C87F4E #C8BC4E #97C84E

triadic

#C8BC4E #4EC8BC #BC4EC8

tetradic

#C8BC4E #4EC87F #4E5AC8 #C84E97

square

#C8BC4E #4EC87F #4E5AC8 #C84E97

split-complementary

#C8BC4E #4E97C8 #7F4EC8

monochromatic

#776F25 #A59A33 #C8BC4E #D7CE7D #E5DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C8BC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC4E

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC4E	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)

#CCB642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.131 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf84',
    500: '#c8bc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc4e;
$custom-light: #dccf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7841,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC4E

secondary

#9FA4D3

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC4E

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

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