#C8BD53#C8BD53

#C8BD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.128 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD53
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -9.44, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 54.61, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0296 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.128 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5798, 49.3006, 15.4023)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD53 #535EC8

analogous

#C88253 #C8BD53 #98C853

triadic

#C8BD53 #53C8BD #BD53C8

tetradic

#C8BD53 #53C882 #535EC8 #C85398

square

#C8BD53 #53C882 #535EC8 #C85398

split-complementary

#C8BD53 #5398C8 #8253C8

monochromatic

#7A7227 #A89D36 #C8BD53 #D7CF81 #E6E1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#C8BD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD53

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD53	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)

#CCB748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.128 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd087',
    500: '#c8bd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd53;
$custom-light: #dbd087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78673,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD53

secondary

#A3A8D4

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD53

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

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