#C8BD40#C8BD40

#C8BD40 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	#C8BD40
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -10.64, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 62.60, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0351 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.143 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9441, 49.0464, 12.0543)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD40 #404BC8

analogous

#C87940 #C8BD40 #8FC840

triadic

#C8BD40 #40C8BD #BD40C8

tetradic

#C8BD40 #40C879 #404BC8 #C8408F

square

#C8BD40 #40C879 #404BC8 #C8408F

split-complementary

#C8BD40 #408FC8 #7940C8

monochromatic

#6E6820 #9D942D #C8BD40 #D6CD70 #E3DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C8BD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD40

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD40	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)

#CDB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.143 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd07c',
    500: '#c8bd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd40;
$custom-light: #dcd07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78497,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD40

secondary

#9499D0

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD40

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

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