#C8BD4B#C8BD4B

#C8BD4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.134 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD4B
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -9.99, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 58.11, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0321 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.134 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2886, 49.1842, 13.8685)
Luminance	0.4918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD4B #4B56C8

analogous

#C87F4B #C8BD4B #95C84B

triadic

#C8BD4B #4BC8BD #BD4BC8

tetradic

#C8BD4B #4BC87F #4B56C8 #C84B95

square

#C8BD4B #4BC87F #4B56C8 #C84B95

split-complementary

#C8BD4B #4B95C8 #7F4BC8

monochromatic

#756E24 #A49A32 #C8BD4B #D6CE7A #E5DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#C8BD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD4B

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD4B	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.134 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd082',
    500: '#c8bd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd4b;
$custom-light: #dcd082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78593,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD4B

secondary

#9DA1D2

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD4B

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

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