#C8BD55#C8BD55

#C8BD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.126 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD55
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -9.29, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 53.71, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0289 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.126 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6582, 49.3320, 15.8149)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD55 #5560C8

analogous

#C88355 #C8BD55 #99C855

triadic

#C8BD55 #55C8BD #BD55C8

tetradic

#C8BD55 #55C883 #5560C8 #C85599

square

#C8BD55 #55C883 #5560C8 #C85599

split-complementary

#C8BD55 #5599C8 #8355C8

monochromatic

#7B7328 #A99E37 #C8BD55 #D7CF83 #E6E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#C8BD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD55

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD55	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.126 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd088',
    500: '#c8bd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd55;
$custom-light: #dbd088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78695,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD55

secondary

#A5A9D4

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD55

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

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