#C8BD34#C8BD34

#C8BD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.150 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD34
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 52)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 74%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -11.22, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 66.98, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.038 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.15 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6387, 48.9242, 10.4455)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD34 #343FC8

analogous

#C87334 #C8BD34 #89C834

triadic

#C8BD34 #34C8BD #BD34C8

tetradic

#C8BD34 #34C873 #343FC8 #C83489

square

#C8BD34 #34C873 #343FC8 #C83489

split-complementary

#C8BD34 #3489C8 #7334C8

monochromatic

#67611B #978F27 #C8BD34 #D6CE63 #E3DD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C8BD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD34

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD34	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)

#CEB618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.150 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd076',
    500: '#c8bd34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd34;
$custom-light: #ddd076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.541,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78412,
    "c": 0.15008,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD34

secondary

#8A8FCE

accent

#51E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD34

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

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