#C8BD51#C8BD51

#C8BD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.129 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD51
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -9.58, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 55.50, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0302 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.129 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5037, 49.2702, 15.0015)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD51 #515CC8

analogous

#C88251 #C8BD51 #97C851

triadic

#C8BD51 #51C8BD #BD51C8

tetradic

#C8BD51 #51C882 #515CC8 #C85197

square

#C8BD51 #51C882 #515CC8 #C85197

split-complementary

#C8BD51 #5197C8 #8251C8

monochromatic

#797126 #A79C35 #C8BD51 #D7CF80 #E5E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C8BD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD51

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD51	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	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)

#CCB745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.129 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd086',
    500: '#c8bd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd51;
$custom-light: #dbd086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78652,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD51

secondary

#A1A6D3

accent

#5ADB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD51

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

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