#C8BD50#C8BD50

#C8BD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.130 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD50
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -9.65, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 55.94, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0305 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.13 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4665, 49.2553, 14.8055)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD50 #505BC8

analogous

#C88150 #C8BD50 #97C850

triadic

#C8BD50 #50C8BD #BD50C8

tetradic

#C8BD50 #50C881 #505BC8 #C85097

square

#C8BD50 #50C881 #505BC8 #C85097

split-complementary

#C8BD50 #5097C8 #8150C8

monochromatic

#787026 #A69C34 #C8BD50 #D7CF7F #E5E0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C8BD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C8BD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD50

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD50	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)

#CDB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.130 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd085',
    500: '#c8bd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd50;
$custom-light: #dbd085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78642,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD50

secondary

#A1A5D3

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD50

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

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