#C8BD49#C8BD49

#C8BD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.136 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD49
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -10.11, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 58.95, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0326 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.136 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2212, 49.1572, 13.5136)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD49 #4954C8

analogous

#C87D49 #C8BD49 #93C849

triadic

#C8BD49 #49C8BD #BD49C8

tetradic

#C8BD49 #49C87D #4954C8 #C84993

square

#C8BD49 #49C87D #4954C8 #C84993

split-complementary

#C8BD49 #4993C8 #7D49C8

monochromatic

#746D23 #A39931 #C8BD49 #D6CE78 #E4DFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#C8BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD49

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD49	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)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.136 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd081',
    500: '#c8bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd49;
$custom-light: #dcd081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78574,
    "c": 0.13592,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD49

secondary

#9BA0D2

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD49

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

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