#C8BE45#C8BE45

#C8BE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.140 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE45
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -10.87, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 60.97, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0352 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.14 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3087, 49.5375, 12.9095)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE45 #454FC8

analogous

#C87D45 #C8BE45 #90C845

triadic

#C8BE45 #45C8BE #BE45C8

tetradic

#C8BE45 #45C87D #454FC8 #C84590

square

#C8BE45 #45C87D #454FC8 #C84590

split-complementary

#C8BE45 #4590C8 #7D45C8

monochromatic

#716B21 #A0982F #C8BE45 #D6CF74 #E4DFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C8BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C8BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE45

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE45	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.140 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd17f',
    500: '#c8be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be45;
$custom-light: #dcd17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78751,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE45

secondary

#989CD1

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE45

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

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