#C8BD57#C8BD57

#C8BD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.124 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD57
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -9.14, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 52.80, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0283 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.124 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7388, 49.3642, 16.2393)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD57 #5762C8

analogous

#C88557 #C8BD57 #9BC857

triadic

#C8BD57 #57C8BD #BD57C8

tetradic

#C8BD57 #57C885 #5762C8 #C8579B

square

#C8BD57 #57C885 #5762C8 #C8579B

split-complementary

#C8BD57 #579BC8 #8557C8

monochromatic

#7C7429 #AA9F38 #C8BD57 #D7CF85 #E6E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#C8BD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD57

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD57	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)

#CCB74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.124 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd08a',
    500: '#c8bd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd57;
$custom-light: #dbd08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.159,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78717,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD57

secondary

#A6ABD5

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD57

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

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