#C8BE44#C8BE44

#C8BE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.141 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE44
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -10.93, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 61.38, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0355 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.141 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2779, 49.5252, 12.7474)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE44 #444EC8

analogous

#C87C44 #C8BE44 #90C844

triadic

#C8BE44 #44C8BE #BE44C8

tetradic

#C8BE44 #44C87C #444EC8 #C84490

square

#C8BE44 #44C87C #444EC8 #C84490

split-complementary

#C8BE44 #4490C8 #7C44C8

monochromatic

#716A21 #A0972F #C8BE44 #D6CE73 #E4DFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#C8BE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE44

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE44	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)

#CEB834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.141 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd17e',
    500: '#c8be44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be44;
$custom-light: #dcd17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78743,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE44

secondary

#979CD1

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE44

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

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