#C8BD5B#C8BD5B

#C8BD5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.120 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD5B
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -8.82, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 50.95, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0269 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.12 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9067, 49.4314, 17.1239)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD5B #5B66C8

analogous

#C8875B #C8BD5B #9DC85B

triadic

#C8BD5B #5BC8BD #BD5BC8

tetradic

#C8BD5B #5BC887 #5B66C8 #C85B9D

square

#C8BD5B #5BC887 #5B66C8 #C85B9D

split-complementary

#C8BD5B #5B9DC8 #875BC8

monochromatic

#7E762A #ACA13A #C8BD5B #D7CF89 #E7E2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C8BD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD5B

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD5B	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.120 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd08c',
    500: '#c8bd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd5b;
$custom-light: #dbd08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.945,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78764,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD5B

secondary

#A9AED6

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD5B

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

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