#C8BD4F#C8BD4F

#C8BD4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.131 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD4F
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -9.72, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 56.38, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0308 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.131 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4298, 49.2406, 14.6123)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD4F #4F5AC8

analogous

#C8804F #C8BD4F #97C84F

triadic

#C8BD4F #4FC8BD #BD4FC8

tetradic

#C8BD4F #4FC880 #4F5AC8 #C84F97

square

#C8BD4F #4FC880 #4F5AC8 #C84F97

split-complementary

#C8BD4F #4F97C8 #804FC8

monochromatic

#777025 #A69C34 #C8BD4F #D7CE7E #E5E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C8BD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD4F

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD4F	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)

#CDB743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.131 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd085',
    500: '#c8bd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd4f;
$custom-light: #dbd085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78632,
    "c": 0.13107,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD4F

secondary

#A0A5D3

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD4F

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

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