#C8BD61#C8BD61

#C8BD61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.115 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD61
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -8.32, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 48.12, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0248 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.115 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1760, 49.5391, 18.5419)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD61 #616CC8

analogous

#C88961 #C8BD61 #9FC861

triadic

#C8BD61 #61C8BD #BD61C8

tetradic

#C8BD61 #61C889 #616CC8 #C8619F

square

#C8BD61 #61C889 #616CC8 #C8619F

split-complementary

#C8BD61 #619FC8 #8961C8

monochromatic

#82782D #AFA33D #C8BD61 #D8D08E #E8E3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C8BD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD61

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD61	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.115 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd090',
    500: '#c8bd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd61;
$custom-light: #dbd090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.592,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78838,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD61

secondary

#AEB2D7

accent

#5ED850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F1

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD61

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

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