#C8BE53#C8BE53

#C8BE53 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 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE53
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -9.95, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 54.99, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0311 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.129 104)
XYZ	xyz(43.7957, 49.7323, 15.4743)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE53 #535DC8

analogous

#C88353 #C8BE53 #97C853

triadic

#C8BE53 #53C8BE #BE53C8

tetradic

#C8BE53 #53C883 #535DC8 #C85397

square

#C8BE53 #53C883 #535DC8 #C85397

split-complementary

#C8BE53 #5397C8 #8353C8

monochromatic

#7A7327 #A89E36 #C8BE53 #D7D081 #E6E1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#C8BE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE53

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE53	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.129 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd187',
    500: '#c8be53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be53;
$custom-light: #dbd187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.872,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78885,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.49731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE53

secondary

#A3A7D4

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE53

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

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