#C8BF45#C8BF45
#C8BF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.141 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C8BF45 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(200, 191, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 54%, 53%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 66%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.05, -11.38, 60.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.05, 61.34, 100.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.96% -0.0367 0.136) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.96% 0.141 105.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.5260, 49.9722, 12.9819) |
| Luminance | 0.4997 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 3.76
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 3.90
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 4.07
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.42
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 4.65
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 5.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C8BF45 #454EC8
analogous
#C87E45 #C8BF45 #8FC845
triadic
#C8BF45 #45C8BF #BF45C8
tetradic
#C8BF45 #45C87E #454EC8 #C8458F
square
#C8BF45 #45C87E #454EC8 #C8458F
split-complementary
#C8BF45 #458FC8 #7E45C8
monochromatic
#716C21 #A0992F #C8BF45 #D6CF74 #E4E0A3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.91
#C8BF45 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.99
#C8BF45 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C8BF45
10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C8BF45 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C8BF45 | 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)
#CFB835
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BE4C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6B3A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c8bf45; /* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 69); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.141 105.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dcd27f',
500: '#c8bf45',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c8bf45; $custom-light: #dcd27f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c8bf45",
"rgb": {
"r": 200,
"g": 191,
"b": 69
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.878,
"s": 54.357,
"l": 52.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78964,
"c": 0.14082,
"h": 105.1
},
"luminance": 0.49971
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C8BF45
secondary
#989CD1
accent
#54DE4A
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF9EF
border
#D4D2CA
text
#15140A
muted
#83827C