#C8BD45#C8BD45

#C8BD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.139 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD45
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -10.36, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 60.61, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0338 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.139 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0929, 49.1059, 12.8375)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD45 #4550C8

analogous

#C87C45 #C8BD45 #91C845

triadic

#C8BD45 #45C8BD #BD45C8

tetradic

#C8BD45 #45C87C #4550C8 #C84591

square

#C8BD45 #45C87C #4550C8 #C84591

split-complementary

#C8BD45 #4591C8 #7C45C8

monochromatic

#716A21 #A0972F #C8BD45 #D6CE74 #E4DFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C8BD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD45

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD45	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)

#CDB735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.139 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd07f',
    500: '#c8bd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd45;
$custom-light: #dcd07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78538,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD45

secondary

#989DD1

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD45

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

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