#C8BE3D#C8BE3D

#C8BE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.145 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE3D
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -11.31, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 64.10, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0373 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.145 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0769, 49.4448, 11.6887)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE3D #3D47C8

analogous

#C8783D #C8BE3D #8CC83D

triadic

#C8BE3D #3DC8BE #BE3DC8

tetradic

#C8BE3D #3DC878 #3D47C8 #C83D8C

square

#C8BE3D #3DC878 #3D47C8 #C83D8C

split-complementary

#C8BE3D #3D8CC8 #783DC8

monochromatic

#6C661F #9C942C #C8BE3D #D6CE6D #E3DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C8BE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE3D

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE3D	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.145 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd17a',
    500: '#c8be3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be3d;
$custom-light: #dcd17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78687,
    "c": 0.14546,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE3D

secondary

#9296CF

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE3D

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

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