#C8BE4B#C8BE4B

#C8BE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.135 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE4B
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -10.50, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 58.48, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0335 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.135 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5045, 49.6158, 13.9404)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE4B #4B55C8

analogous

#C8804B #C8BE4B #94C84B

triadic

#C8BE4B #4BC8BE #BE4BC8

tetradic

#C8BE4B #4BC880 #4B55C8 #C84B94

square

#C8BE4B #4BC880 #4B55C8 #C84B94

split-complementary

#C8BE4B #4B94C8 #804BC8

monochromatic

#756E24 #A49B32 #C8BE4B #D6CF7A #E5E0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#C8BE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE4B

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE4B	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)

#CEB83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.135 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd182',
    500: '#c8be4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be4b;
$custom-light: #dcd182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78805,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE4B

secondary

#9DA1D2

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE4B

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

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