#C8BE42#C8BE42

#C8BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.142 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE42
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -11.04, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 62.17, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.036 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.142 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2179, 49.5012, 12.4314)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE42 #424CC8

analogous

#C87B42 #C8BE42 #8FC842

triadic

#C8BE42 #42C8BE #BE42C8

tetradic

#C8BE42 #42C87B #424CC8 #C8428F

square

#C8BE42 #42C87B #424CC8 #C8428F

split-complementary

#C8BE42 #428FC8 #7B42C8

monochromatic

#6F6920 #9F962E #C8BE42 #D6CE71 #E4DFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#C8BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE42

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE42	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)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.142 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd17d',
    500: '#c8be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be42;
$custom-light: #dcd17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78726,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE42

secondary

#969AD0

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE42

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

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