#C8BF3E#C8BF3E

#C8BF3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.146 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF3E
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -11.77, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 64.08, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0385 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.146 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3214, 49.8904, 11.9043)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF3E #3E47C8

analogous

#C87A3E #C8BF3E #8CC83E

triadic

#C8BF3E #3EC8BF #BF3EC8

tetradic

#C8BF3E #3EC87A #3E47C8 #C83E8C

square

#C8BF3E #3EC87A #3E47C8 #C83E8C

split-complementary

#C8BF3E #3E8CC8 #7A3EC8

monochromatic

#6D681F #9C952D #C8BF3E #D6CF6E #E3DF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BF3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C8BF3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF3E

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF3E	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.146 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd27b',
    500: '#c8bf3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf3e;
$custom-light: #dcd27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78908,
    "c": 0.14572,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF3E

secondary

#9296CF

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF3E

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

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