#C8BE3A#C8BE3A

#C8BE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.147 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE3A
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -11.46, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 65.21, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.038 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.147 105)
XYZ	xyz(42.9984, 49.4134, 11.2750)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE3A #3A44C8

analogous

#C8773A #C8BE3A #8BC83A

triadic

#C8BE3A #3AC8BE #BE3AC8

tetradic

#C8BE3A #3AC877 #3A44C8 #C83A8B

square

#C8BE3A #3AC877 #3A44C8 #C83A8B

split-complementary

#C8BE3A #3A8BC8 #773AC8

monochromatic

#6A651E #9A922B #C8BE3A #D5CE6A #E3DE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#C8BE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE3A

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE3A	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.147 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd179',
    500: '#c8be3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be3a;
$custom-light: #dcd179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78665,
    "c": 0.1474,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.49412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE3A

secondary

#8F94CE

accent

#53E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE3A

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

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