#C8BE46#C8BE46

#C8BE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.139 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE46
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -10.81, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 60.57, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0349 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.139 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3400, 49.5501, 13.0743)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE46 #4650C8

analogous

#C87D46 #C8BE46 #91C846

triadic

#C8BE46 #46C8BE #BE46C8

tetradic

#C8BE46 #46C87D #4650C8 #C84691

square

#C8BE46 #46C87D #4650C8 #C84691

split-complementary

#C8BE46 #4691C8 #7D46C8

monochromatic

#726C22 #A19830 #C8BE46 #D6CF75 #E4DFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C8BE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE46

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE46	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	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)

#CEB836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.139 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd17f',
    500: '#c8be46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be46;
$custom-light: #dcd17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7876,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE46

secondary

#999DD1

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE46

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

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