#C8BE40#C8BE40

#C8BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.143 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE40
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -11.15, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 62.96, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0366 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.143 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1600, 49.4781, 12.1263)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE40 #404AC8

analogous

#C87A40 #C8BE40 #8EC840

triadic

#C8BE40 #40C8BE #BE40C8

tetradic

#C8BE40 #40C87A #404AC8 #C8408E

square

#C8BE40 #40C87A #404AC8 #C8408E

split-complementary

#C8BE40 #408EC8 #7A40C8

monochromatic

#6E6820 #9D952D #C8BE40 #D6CE70 #E3DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#C8BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE40

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE40	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.143 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd17c',
    500: '#c8be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be40;
$custom-light: #dcd17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7871,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE40

secondary

#9498D0

accent

#54DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE40

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

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