#C8BD3E#C8BD3E

#C8BD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.144 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD3E
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -10.75, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 63.37, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0356 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.144 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8883, 49.0240, 11.7599)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD3E #3E49C8

analogous

#C8783E #C8BD3E #8EC83E

triadic

#C8BD3E #3EC8BD #BD3EC8

tetradic

#C8BD3E #3EC878 #3E49C8 #C83E8E

square

#C8BD3E #3EC878 #3E49C8 #C83E8E

split-complementary

#C8BD3E #3E8EC8 #783EC8

monochromatic

#6D661F #9C932D #C8BD3E #D6CD6E #E3DE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C8BD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD3E

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD3E	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)

#CDB72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.144 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd07b',
    500: '#c8bd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd3e;
$custom-light: #dcd07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78482,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD3E

secondary

#9297CF

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD3E

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

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