#C8BD56#C8BD56

#C8BD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.125 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD56
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -9.21, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 53.25, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0286 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.125 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6982, 49.3480, 16.0256)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD56 #5661C8

analogous

#C88456 #C8BD56 #9AC856

triadic

#C8BD56 #56C8BD #BD56C8

tetradic

#C8BD56 #56C884 #5661C8 #C8569A

square

#C8BD56 #56C884 #5661C8 #C8569A

split-complementary

#C8BD56 #569AC8 #8456C8

monochromatic

#7B7328 #AA9F37 #C8BD56 #D7CF84 #E6E1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#C8BD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD56

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD56	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)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.125 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd089',
    500: '#c8bd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd56;
$custom-light: #dbd089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.211,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78706,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD56

secondary

#A5AAD4

accent

#5BDA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD56

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

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