#C8BD46#C8BD46

#C8BD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.138 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD46
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -10.30, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 60.20, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0335 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.138 104)
XYZ	xyz(43.1242, 49.1184, 13.0024)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD46 #4651C8

analogous

#C87C46 #C8BD46 #92C846

triadic

#C8BD46 #46C8BD #BD46C8

tetradic

#C8BD46 #46C87C #4651C8 #C84692

square

#C8BD46 #46C87C #4651C8 #C84692

split-complementary

#C8BD46 #4692C8 #7C46C8

monochromatic

#726B22 #A19730 #C8BD46 #D6CE75 #E4DFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C8BD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD46

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD46	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)

#CDB737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.138 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd07f',
    500: '#c8bd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd46;
$custom-light: #dcd07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78547,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.49117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD46

secondary

#999ED1

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD46

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

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