#C8BD62#C8BD62

#C8BD62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.114 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BD62
RGB	rgb(200, 189, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -8.24, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 47.64, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0245 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.114 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2229, 49.5579, 18.7890)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BD62 #626DC8

analogous

#C88A62 #C8BD62 #A0C862

triadic

#C8BD62 #62C8BD #BD62C8

tetradic

#C8BD62 #62C88A #626DC8 #C862A0

square

#C8BD62 #62C88A #626DC8 #C862A0

split-complementary

#C8BD62 #62A0C8 #8A62C8

monochromatic

#82792E #AFA33D #C8BD62 #D8D08F #E8E3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C8BD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BD62

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BD62	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	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)

#CBB85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 189, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.114 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd091',
    500: '#c8bd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bd62;
$custom-light: #dbd091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.529,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78851,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BD62

secondary

#AFB3D7

accent

#5FD850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F1

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BD62

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

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