#C8BD35#C8BD35

#C8BD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.150 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD35
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -11.18, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 66.64, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0377 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.15 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6614, 48.9333, 10.5654)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD35 #3540C8

analogous

#C87335 #C8BD35 #8AC835

triadic

#C8BD35 #35C8BD #BD35C8

tetradic

#C8BD35 #35C873 #3540C8 #C8358A

square

#C8BD35 #35C873 #3540C8 #C8358A

split-complementary

#C8BD35 #358AC8 #7335C8

monochromatic

#67621B #988F28 #C8BD35 #D6CD64 #E3DD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C8BD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD35

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD35	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.150 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd076',
    500: '#c8bd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd35;
$custom-light: #ddd076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.51,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78419,
    "c": 0.14951,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD35

secondary

#8B90CE

accent

#52E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD35

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

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