#C8BD5A#C8BD5A

#C8BD5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.121 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD5A
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -8.90, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 51.42, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0273 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.121 103)
XYZ	xyz(43.8639, 49.4143, 16.8982)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD5A #5A65C8

analogous

#C8865A #C8BD5A #9CC85A

triadic

#C8BD5A #5AC8BD #BD5AC8

tetradic

#C8BD5A #5AC886 #5A65C8 #C85A9C

square

#C8BD5A #5AC886 #5A65C8 #C85A9C

split-complementary

#C8BD5A #5A9CC8 #865AC8

monochromatic

#7E752A #ACA039 #C8BD5A #D7CF88 #E7E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#C8BD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD5A

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD5A	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)

#CCB750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.121 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd08c',
    500: '#c8bd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd5a;
$custom-light: #dbd08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78752,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.49413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD5A

secondary

#A8ADD5

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD5A

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

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