#C8BE48#C8BE48

#C8BE48 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	#C8BE48
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -10.69, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 59.74, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0344 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.138 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4042, 49.5757, 13.4124)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE48 #4852C8

analogous

#C87E48 #C8BE48 #92C848

triadic

#C8BE48 #48C8BE #BE48C8

tetradic

#C8BE48 #48C87E #4852C8 #C84892

square

#C8BE48 #48C87E #4852C8 #C84892

split-complementary

#C8BE48 #4892C8 #7E48C8

monochromatic

#736D23 #A29931 #C8BE48 #D6CF77 #E4DFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C8BE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE48

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE48	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)

#CEB839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.138 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd181',
    500: '#c8be48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be48;
$custom-light: #dcd181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78777,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE48

secondary

#9A9FD1

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE48

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

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