#C8BC4F#C8BC4F

#C8BC4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.130 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC4F
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 79)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -9.20, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 56.01, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0294 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.13 103)
XYZ	xyz(43.2155, 48.8119, 14.5409)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC4F #4F5BC8

analogous

#C8804F #C8BC4F #97C84F

triadic

#C8BC4F #4FC8BC #BC4FC8

tetradic

#C8BC4F #4FC880 #4F5BC8 #C84F97

square

#C8BC4F #4FC880 #4F5BC8 #C84F97

split-complementary

#C8BC4F #4F97C8 #804FC8

monochromatic

#776F25 #A69B34 #C8BC4F #D7CE7E #E5E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C8BC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC4F

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC4F	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)

#CCB643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.130 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf85',
    500: '#c8bc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc4f;
$custom-light: #dbcf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.05,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7842,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.4881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC4F

secondary

#A0A5D3

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC4F

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

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