#C8BD48#C8BD48

#C8BD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.137 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD48
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -10.18, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 59.37, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0329 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.137 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1883, 49.1440, 13.3404)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD48 #4853C8

analogous

#C87D48 #C8BD48 #93C848

triadic

#C8BD48 #48C8BD #BD48C8

tetradic

#C8BD48 #48C87D #4853C8 #C84893

square

#C8BD48 #48C87D #4853C8 #C84893

split-complementary

#C8BD48 #4893C8 #7D48C8

monochromatic

#736C23 #A29831 #C8BD48 #D6CE77 #E4DFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#C8BD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD48

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD48	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)

#CDB739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.137 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd080',
    500: '#c8bd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd48;
$custom-light: #dcd080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78565,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD48

secondary

#9A9FD1

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD48

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

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