#C8BD43#C8BD43

#C8BD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.140 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD43
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -10.47, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 61.42, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0343 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.14 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0318, 49.0814, 12.5161)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD43 #434EC8

analogous

#C87B43 #C8BD43 #90C843

triadic

#C8BD43 #43C8BD #BD43C8

tetradic

#C8BD43 #43C87B #434EC8 #C84390

square

#C8BD43 #43C87B #434EC8 #C84390

split-complementary

#C8BD43 #4390C8 #7B43C8

monochromatic

#706921 #9F962F #C8BD43 #D6CE72 #E4DEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C8BD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD43

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD43	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.140 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd07e',
    500: '#c8bd43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd43;
$custom-light: #dcd07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78521,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD43

secondary

#969BD0

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD43

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

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