#C8BD3F#C8BD3F

#C8BD3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.143 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD3F
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -10.69, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 62.99, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0354 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.143 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9159, 49.0351, 11.9058)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD3F #3F4AC8

analogous

#C8783F #C8BD3F #8FC83F

triadic

#C8BD3F #3FC8BD #BD3FC8

tetradic

#C8BD3F #3FC878 #3F4AC8 #C83F8F

square

#C8BD3F #3FC878 #3F4AC8 #C83F8F

split-complementary

#C8BD3F #3F8FC8 #783FC8

monochromatic

#6D671F #9D942D #C8BD3F #D6CD6F #E3DE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C8BD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD3F

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD3F	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB72C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.143 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd07b',
    500: '#c8bd3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd3f;
$custom-light: #dcd07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78489,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD3F

secondary

#9398D0

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD3F

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

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