#C8BE3E#C8BE3E

#C8BE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.145 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE3E
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -11.26, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 63.72, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0371 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.145 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1041, 49.4557, 11.8319)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE3E #3E48C8

analogous

#C8793E #C8BE3E #8DC83E

triadic

#C8BE3E #3EC8BE #BE3EC8

tetradic

#C8BE3E #3EC879 #3E48C8 #C83E8D

square

#C8BE3E #3EC879 #3E48C8 #C83E8D

split-complementary

#C8BE3E #3E8DC8 #793EC8

monochromatic

#6D671F #9C942D #C8BE3E #D6CE6E #E3DE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C8BE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE3E

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE3E	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)

#CEB72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.145 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd17b',
    500: '#c8be3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be3e;
$custom-light: #dcd17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78695,
    "c": 0.1448,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE3E

secondary

#9297CF

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE3E

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

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