#C8BD33#C8BD33

#C8BD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.151 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD33
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -11.27, 66.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 67.32, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0382 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.151 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6164, 48.9153, 10.3281)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD33 #333EC8

analogous

#C87233 #C8BD33 #89C833

triadic

#C8BD33 #33C8BD #BD33C8

tetradic

#C8BD33 #33C872 #333EC8 #C83389

square

#C8BD33 #33C872 #333EC8 #C83389

split-complementary

#C8BD33 #3389C8 #7233C8

monochromatic

#66611A #978F27 #C8BD33 #D7CE61 #E3DD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C8BD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD33

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD33	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.151 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd075',
    500: '#c8bd33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd33;
$custom-light: #ddd075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.57,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78406,
    "c": 0.15065,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD33

secondary

#898ECE

accent

#51E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD33

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

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