#C8BD44#C8BD44

#C8BD44 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	#C8BD44
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -10.42, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 61.01, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.034 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.14 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0621, 49.0935, 12.6754)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD44 #444FC8

analogous

#C87B44 #C8BD44 #91C844

triadic

#C8BD44 #44C8BD #BD44C8

tetradic

#C8BD44 #44C87B #444FC8 #C84491

square

#C8BD44 #44C87B #444FC8 #C84491

split-complementary

#C8BD44 #4491C8 #7B44C8

monochromatic

#716A21 #A0962F #C8BD44 #D6CE73 #E4DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C8BD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD44

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD44	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)

#CDB734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.140 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd07e',
    500: '#c8bd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd44;
$custom-light: #dcd07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7853,
    "c": 0.13968,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD44

secondary

#979CD1

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD44

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

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