#C8BD41#C8BD41

#C8BD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.142 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD41
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -10.59, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 62.21, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0349 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.142 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9729, 49.0579, 12.2055)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD41 #414CC8

analogous

#C87A41 #C8BD41 #90C841

triadic

#C8BD41 #41C8BD #BD41C8

tetradic

#C8BD41 #41C87A #414CC8 #C84190

square

#C8BD41 #41C87A #414CC8 #C84190

split-complementary

#C8BD41 #4190C8 #7A41C8

monochromatic

#6F6820 #9E952E #C8BD41 #D6CD70 #E3DEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C8BD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD41

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD41	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)

#CDB72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.142 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd07c',
    500: '#c8bd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd41;
$custom-light: #dcd07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78505,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD41

secondary

#959AD0

accent

#56DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD41

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

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