#C8BD59#C8BD59

#C8BD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.122 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD59
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -8.98, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 51.88, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0276 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.122 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8216, 49.3973, 16.6756)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD59 #5964C8

analogous

#C88659 #C8BD59 #9CC859

triadic

#C8BD59 #59C8BD #BD59C8

tetradic

#C8BD59 #59C886 #5964C8 #C8599C

square

#C8BD59 #59C886 #5964C8 #C8599C

split-complementary

#C8BD59 #599CC8 #8659C8

monochromatic

#7D7529 #ABA039 #C8BD59 #D7CF87 #E6E2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#C8BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD59

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD59	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.122 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd08b',
    500: '#c8bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd59;
$custom-light: #dbd08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.054,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7874,
    "c": 0.12228,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD59

secondary

#A8ACD5

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD59

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

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