#C8BD52#C8BD52

#C8BD52 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 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD52
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -9.51, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 55.06, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0299 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.129 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5415, 49.2853, 15.2005)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD52 #525DC8

analogous

#C88252 #C8BD52 #98C852

triadic

#C8BD52 #52C8BD #BD52C8

tetradic

#C8BD52 #52C882 #525DC8 #C85298

square

#C8BD52 #52C882 #525DC8 #C85298

split-complementary

#C8BD52 #5298C8 #8252C8

monochromatic

#797127 #A89D35 #C8BD52 #D7CF80 #E6E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#C8BD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD52

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD52	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.129 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd087',
    500: '#c8bd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd52;
$custom-light: #dbd087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78663,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD52

secondary

#A2A7D4

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD52

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

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