#C8BE4D#C8BE4D

#C8BE4D 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	#C8BE4D
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -10.37, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 57.63, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0329 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.134 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5740, 49.6437, 14.3066)
Luminance	0.4964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE4D #4D57C8

analogous

#C8814D #C8BE4D #95C84D

triadic

#C8BE4D #4DC8BE #BE4DC8

tetradic

#C8BE4D #4DC881 #4D57C8 #C84D95

square

#C8BE4D #4DC881 #4D57C8 #C84D95

split-complementary

#C8BE4D #4D95C8 #814DC8

monochromatic

#766F24 #A59C33 #C8BE4D #D6CF7C #E5E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#C8BE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE4D

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE4D	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)

#CEB840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.134 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd184',
    500: '#c8be4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be4d;
$custom-light: #dcd184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78824,
    "c": 0.13368,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE4D

secondary

#9EA3D2

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE4D

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

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