#C8BF40#C8BF40

#C8BF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.144 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF40
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -11.66, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 63.32, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.038 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.144 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3773, 49.9127, 12.1987)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF40 #4049C8

analogous

#C87B40 #C8BF40 #8DC840

triadic

#C8BF40 #40C8BF #BF40C8

tetradic

#C8BF40 #40C87B #4049C8 #C8408D

square

#C8BF40 #40C87B #4049C8 #C8408D

split-complementary

#C8BF40 #408DC8 #7B40C8

monochromatic

#6E6920 #9D962D #C8BF40 #D6CF70 #E3DF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C8BF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF40

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF40	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)

#CFB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.144 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd27c',
    500: '#c8bf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf40;
$custom-light: #dcd27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78923,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF40

secondary

#9498D0

accent

#53DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF40

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

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