#C8BE4F#C8BE4F

#C8BE4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.132 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE4F
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -10.23, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 56.76, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0323 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.132 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6457, 49.6723, 14.6843)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE4F #4F59C8

analogous

#C8814F #C8BE4F #96C84F

triadic

#C8BE4F #4FC8BE #BE4FC8

tetradic

#C8BE4F #4FC881 #4F59C8 #C84F96

square

#C8BE4F #4FC881 #4F59C8 #C84F96

split-complementary

#C8BE4F #4F96C8 #814FC8

monochromatic

#777125 #A69D34 #C8BE4F #D7CF7E #E5E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#C8BE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE4F

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE4F	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)

#CEB842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.132 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd185',
    500: '#c8be4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be4f;
$custom-light: #dbd185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.041,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78844,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE4F

secondary

#A0A4D3

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE4F

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

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