#C8BE4C#C8BE4C

#C8BE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.134 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE4C
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 76)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -10.43, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 58.05, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0332 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.134 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5390, 49.6296, 14.1221)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE4C #4C56C8

analogous

#C8804C #C8BE4C #94C84C

triadic

#C8BE4C #4CC8BE #BE4CC8

tetradic

#C8BE4C #4CC880 #4C56C8 #C84C94

square

#C8BE4C #4CC880 #4C56C8 #C84C94

split-complementary

#C8BE4C #4C94C8 #804CC8

monochromatic

#756F24 #A49B32 #C8BE4C #D6CF7B #E5E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#C8BE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE4C

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE4C	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.134 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd183',
    500: '#c8be4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be4c;
$custom-light: #dcd183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78815,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE4C

secondary

#9EA2D2

accent

#57DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE4C

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

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