#C8BD3A#C8BD3A

#C8BD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.146 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD3A
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -10.95, 63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 64.87, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0366 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.146 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7825, 48.9817, 11.2030)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD3A #3A45C8

analogous

#C8763A #C8BD3A #8CC83A

triadic

#C8BD3A #3AC8BD #BD3AC8

tetradic

#C8BD3A #3AC876 #3A45C8 #C83A8C

square

#C8BD3A #3AC876 #3A45C8 #C83A8C

split-complementary

#C8BD3A #3A8CC8 #763AC8

monochromatic

#6A641E #9A912B #C8BD3A #D5CD6A #E3DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8BD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C8BD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD3A

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD3A	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.146 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd079',
    500: '#c8bd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd3a;
$custom-light: #dcd079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.352,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78452,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD3A

secondary

#8F94CE

accent

#54E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD3A

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

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