#C8BE49#C8BE49

#C8BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.137 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE49
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -10.63, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 59.32, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0341 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.137 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4371, 49.5889, 13.5856)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE49 #4953C8

analogous

#C87E49 #C8BE49 #92C849

triadic

#C8BE49 #49C8BE #BE49C8

tetradic

#C8BE49 #49C87E #4953C8 #C84992

square

#C8BE49 #49C87E #4953C8 #C84992

split-complementary

#C8BE49 #4992C8 #7E49C8

monochromatic

#746D23 #A39A31 #C8BE49 #D6CF78 #E4E0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#C8BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE49

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE49	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.137 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd181',
    500: '#c8be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be49;
$custom-light: #dcd181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78786,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE49

secondary

#9B9FD2

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE49

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

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