#C8BF41#C8BF41

#C8BF41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.144 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF41
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -11.61, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 62.93, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0377 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.144 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4060, 49.9242, 12.3499)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF41 #414AC8

analogous

#C87C41 #C8BF41 #8EC841

triadic

#C8BF41 #41C8BF #BF41C8

tetradic

#C8BF41 #41C87C #414AC8 #C8418E

square

#C8BF41 #41C87C #414AC8 #C8418E

split-complementary

#C8BF41 #418EC8 #7C41C8

monochromatic

#6F6920 #9E972E #C8BF41 #D6CF70 #E3DFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C8BF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF41

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF41	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)

#CFB82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.144 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd27d',
    500: '#c8bf41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf41;
$custom-light: #dcd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78931,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF41

secondary

#9599D0

accent

#53DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF41

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

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