#C8BE50#C8BE50

#C8BE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.131 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE50
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -10.16, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 56.32, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.032 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.131 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6824, 49.6870, 14.8774)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE50 #505AC8

analogous

#C88250 #C8BE50 #96C850

triadic

#C8BE50 #50C8BE #BE50C8

tetradic

#C8BE50 #50C882 #505AC8 #C85096

square

#C8BE50 #50C882 #505AC8 #C85096

split-complementary

#C8BE50 #5096C8 #8250C8

monochromatic

#787126 #A69D34 #C8BE50 #D7CF7F #E5E1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#C8BE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE50

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE50	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.131 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd185',
    500: '#c8be50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be50;
$custom-light: #dbd185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78854,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE50

secondary

#A1A5D3

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE50

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

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