#C8BD3C#C8BD3C

#C8BD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.145 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD3C
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -10.85, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 64.13, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0361 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.145 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8344, 49.0025, 11.4762)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD3C #3C47C8

analogous

#C8773C #C8BD3C #8DC83C

triadic

#C8BD3C #3CC8BD #BD3CC8

tetradic

#C8BD3C #3CC877 #3C47C8 #C83C8D

square

#C8BD3C #3CC877 #3C47C8 #C83C8D

split-complementary

#C8BD3C #3C8DC8 #773CC8

monochromatic

#6B651E #9B922C #C8BD3C #D5CD6C #E3DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C8BD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD3C

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD3C	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	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)

#CEB728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.145 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd07a',
    500: '#c8bd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd3c;
$custom-light: #dcd07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78467,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD3C

secondary

#9196CF

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD3C

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

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