#C8BD47#C8BD47

#C8BD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.137 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD47
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -10.24, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 59.79, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0332 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.137 104)
XYZ	xyz(43.1560, 49.1311, 13.1700)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD47 #4752C8

analogous

#C87C47 #C8BD47 #92C847

triadic

#C8BD47 #47C8BD #BD47C8

tetradic

#C8BD47 #47C87C #4752C8 #C84792

square

#C8BD47 #47C87C #4752C8 #C84792

split-complementary

#C8BD47 #4792C8 #7C47C8

monochromatic

#726C22 #A29830 #C8BD47 #D6CE76 #E4DFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#C8BD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD47

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD47	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.137 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd080',
    500: '#c8bd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd47;
$custom-light: #dcd080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78556,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.49129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD47

secondary

#9A9ED1

accent

#57DD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD47

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

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