#C8BD42#C8BD42

#C8BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.141 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD42
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -10.53, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 61.82, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0346 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.141 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0021, 49.0695, 12.3594)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD42 #424DC8

analogous

#C87A42 #C8BD42 #90C842

triadic

#C8BD42 #42C8BD #BD42C8

tetradic

#C8BD42 #42C87A #424DC8 #C84290

square

#C8BD42 #42C87A #424DC8 #C84290

split-complementary

#C8BD42 #4290C8 #7A42C8

monochromatic

#6F6920 #9F952E #C8BD42 #D6CE71 #E4DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C8BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD42

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD42	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)

#CDB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.141 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd07d',
    500: '#c8bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd42;
$custom-light: #dcd07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78513,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD42

secondary

#969AD0

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD42

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

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