#C8BD4D#C8BD4D

#C8BD4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.133 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD4D
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -9.86, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 57.25, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0315 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.133 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3581, 49.2120, 14.2347)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD4D #4D58C8

analogous

#C8804D #C8BD4D #96C84D

triadic

#C8BD4D #4DC8BD #BD4DC8

tetradic

#C8BD4D #4DC880 #4D58C8 #C84D96

square

#C8BD4D #4DC880 #4D58C8 #C84D96

split-complementary

#C8BD4D #4D96C8 #804DC8

monochromatic

#766F24 #A59B33 #C8BD4D #D6CE7C #E5E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#C8BD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD4D

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD4D	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)

#CDB740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.133 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd083',
    500: '#c8bd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd4d;
$custom-light: #dcd083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78612,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD4D

secondary

#9EA3D2

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD4D

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

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