#C8BF49#C8BF49

#C8BF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.138 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BF49
RGB	rgb(200, 191, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -11.14, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 59.70, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0355 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.138 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6544, 50.0236, 13.6580)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BF49 #4952C8

analogous

#C87F49 #C8BF49 #91C849

triadic

#C8BF49 #49C8BF #BF49C8

tetradic

#C8BF49 #49C87F #4952C8 #C84991

square

#C8BF49 #49C87F #4952C8 #C84991

split-complementary

#C8BF49 #4991C8 #7F49C8

monochromatic

#746E23 #A39B31 #C8BF49 #D6D078 #E4E0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#C8BF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BF49

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BF49	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 191, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.138 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd281',
    500: '#c8bf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bf49;
$custom-light: #dcd281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78999,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BF49

secondary

#393D7D

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BF49

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

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