#C8BF36#C8BF36

#C8BF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.151 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF36
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -12.16, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 66.98, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0404 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.151 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1179, 49.8089, 10.8322)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF36 #363FC8

analogous

#C87636 #C8BF36 #88C836

triadic

#C8BF36 #36C8BF #BF36C8

tetradic

#C8BF36 #36C876 #363FC8 #C83688

square

#C8BF36 #36C876 #363FC8 #C83688

split-complementary

#C8BF36 #3688C8 #7636C8

monochromatic

#68631C #989129 #C8BF36 #D6CF66 #E3DE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#C8BF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF36

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF36	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.151 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd277',
    500: '#c8bf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf36;
$custom-light: #dcd277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78852,
    "c": 0.15072,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF36

secondary

#8C90CE

accent

#51E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF36

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

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