#C8BE47#C8BE47

#C8BE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.138 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE47
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -10.75, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 60.15, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0347 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.138 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3718, 49.5628, 13.2420)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE47 #4751C8

analogous

#C87D47 #C8BE47 #91C847

triadic

#C8BE47 #47C8BE #BE47C8

tetradic

#C8BE47 #47C87D #4751C8 #C84791

square

#C8BE47 #47C87D #4751C8 #C84791

split-complementary

#C8BE47 #4791C8 #7D47C8

monochromatic

#726C22 #A29930 #C8BE47 #D6CF76 #E4DFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C8BE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE47

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE47	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)

#CEB838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.138 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd180',
    500: '#c8be47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be47;
$custom-light: #dcd180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78768,
    "c": 0.13838,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE47

secondary

#9A9ED1

accent

#56DD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE47

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

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