#C8BF42#C8BF42

#C8BF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.143 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF42
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -11.55, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 62.54, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0375 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.143 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4353, 49.9359, 12.5038)
Luminance	0.4993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF42 #424BC8

analogous

#C87C42 #C8BF42 #8EC842

triadic

#C8BF42 #42C8BF #BF42C8

tetradic

#C8BF42 #42C87C #424BC8 #C8428E

square

#C8BF42 #42C87C #424BC8 #C8428E

split-complementary

#C8BF42 #428EC8 #7C42C8

monochromatic

#6F6A20 #9F972E #C8BF42 #D6CF71 #E4DFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#C8BF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF42

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF42	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.143 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd27d',
    500: '#c8bf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf42;
$custom-light: #dcd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78939,
    "c": 0.14298,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF42

secondary

#969AD0

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF42

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

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