#C8BE4A#C8BE4A

#C8BE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.136 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE4A
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -10.56, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 58.90, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0338 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.136 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4705, 49.6023, 13.7616)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE4A #4A54C8

analogous

#C87F4A #C8BE4A #93C84A

triadic

#C8BE4A #4AC8BE #BE4AC8

tetradic

#C8BE4A #4AC87F #4A54C8 #C84A93

square

#C8BE4A #4AC87F #4A54C8 #C84A93

split-complementary

#C8BE4A #4A93C8 #7F4AC8

monochromatic

#746E23 #A39A32 #C8BE4A #D6CF79 #E5E0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#C8BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE4A

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE4A	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)

#CEB83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.136 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd182',
    500: '#c8be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be4a;
$custom-light: #dcd182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78796,
    "c": 0.13607,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE4A

secondary

#9CA0D2

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE4A

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

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