#C8BE51#C8BE51

#C8BE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.130 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE51
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -10.09, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 55.88, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0317 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.13 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7196, 49.7019, 15.0735)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE51 #515BC8

analogous

#C88251 #C8BE51 #96C851

triadic

#C8BE51 #51C8BE #BE51C8

tetradic

#C8BE51 #51C882 #515BC8 #C85196

square

#C8BE51 #51C882 #515BC8 #C85196

split-complementary

#C8BE51 #5196C8 #8251C8

monochromatic

#797226 #A79D35 #C8BE51 #D7CF80 #E5E1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#C8BE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE51

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE51	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)

#CDB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.130 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd186',
    500: '#c8be51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be51;
$custom-light: #dbd186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78864,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE51

secondary

#A1A6D3

accent

#58DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE51

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

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