#C8BE35#C8BE35

#C8BE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.150 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE35
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -11.69, 65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 66.98, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0392 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.15 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8773, 49.3650, 10.6373)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE35 #353FC8

analogous

#C87435 #C8BE35 #89C835

triadic

#C8BE35 #35C8BE #BE35C8

tetradic

#C8BE35 #35C874 #353FC8 #C83589

square

#C8BE35 #35C874 #353FC8 #C83589

split-complementary

#C8BE35 #3589C8 #7435C8

monochromatic

#67621B #989028 #C8BE35 #D6CE64 #E3DD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#C8BE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE35

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE35	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.150 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd176',
    500: '#c8be35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be35;
$custom-light: #ddd176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.918,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78632,
    "c": 0.1504,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE35

secondary

#8B8FCE

accent

#51E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE35

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

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