#C8BF3A#C8BF3A

#C8BF3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.148 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF3A
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -11.97, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 65.56, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0395 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.148 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2157, 49.8481, 11.3474)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF3A #3A43C8

analogous

#C8783A #C8BF3A #8AC83A

triadic

#C8BF3A #3AC8BF #BF3AC8

tetradic

#C8BF3A #3AC878 #3A43C8 #C83A8A

square

#C8BF3A #3AC878 #3A43C8 #C83A8A

split-complementary

#C8BF3A #3A8AC8 #783AC8

monochromatic

#6A651E #9A932B #C8BF3A #D5CF6A #E3DE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BF3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#C8BF3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF3A

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF3A	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.148 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd279',
    500: '#c8bf3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf3a;
$custom-light: #dcd279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.197,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78879,
    "c": 0.1483,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF3A

secondary

#8F93CE

accent

#52E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF3A

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

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