#C8BD4E#C8BD4E

#C8BD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.132 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD4E
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, -9.79, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 56.82, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0312 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.132 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3937, 49.2262, 14.4221)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD4E #4E59C8

analogous

#C8804E #C8BD4E #96C84E

triadic

#C8BD4E #4EC8BD #BD4EC8

tetradic

#C8BD4E #4EC880 #4E59C8 #C84E96

square

#C8BD4E #4EC880 #4E59C8 #C84E96

split-complementary

#C8BD4E #4E96C8 #804EC8

monochromatic

#776F25 #A59B33 #C8BD4E #D7CE7D #E5E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C8BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD4E

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD4E	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.132 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd084',
    500: '#c8bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd4e;
$custom-light: #dcd084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78622,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD4E

secondary

#9FA4D3

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD4E

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

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