#C8BE52#C8BE52

#C8BE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.129 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE52
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -10.02, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 55.44, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0314 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.129 104)
XYZ	xyz(43.7574, 49.7170, 15.2724)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE52 #525CC8

analogous

#C88352 #C8BE52 #97C852

triadic

#C8BE52 #52C8BE #BE52C8

tetradic

#C8BE52 #52C883 #525CC8 #C85297

square

#C8BE52 #52C883 #525CC8 #C85297

split-complementary

#C8BE52 #5297C8 #8352C8

monochromatic

#797227 #A89E35 #C8BE52 #D7CF80 #E6E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#C8BE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE52

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE52	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)

#CDB846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.129 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd187',
    500: '#c8be52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be52;
$custom-light: #dbd187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78875,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.49715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE52

secondary

#A2A6D4

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE52

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

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