#C8BD4A#C8BD4A

#C8BD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.135 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD4A
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, -10.05, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 58.53, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0323 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.135 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2547, 49.1706, 13.6897)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD4A #4A55C8

analogous

#C87E4A #C8BD4A #94C84A

triadic

#C8BD4A #4AC8BD #BD4AC8

tetradic

#C8BD4A #4AC87E #4A55C8 #C84A94

square

#C8BD4A #4AC87E #4A55C8 #C84A94

split-complementary

#C8BD4A #4A94C8 #7E4AC8

monochromatic

#746D23 #A39932 #C8BD4A #D6CE79 #E5DFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#C8BD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD4A

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD4A	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)

#CDB73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.135 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd082',
    500: '#c8bd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd4a;
$custom-light: #dcd082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78583,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD4A

secondary

#9CA1D2

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD4A

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

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