#C8BE55#C8BE55

#C8BE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.127 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE55
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -9.80, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 54.10, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0304 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.127 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8740, 49.7637, 15.8868)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE55 #555FC8

analogous

#C88455 #C8BE55 #98C855

triadic

#C8BE55 #55C8BE #BE55C8

tetradic

#C8BE55 #55C884 #555FC8 #C85598

square

#C8BE55 #55C884 #555FC8 #C85598

split-complementary

#C8BE55 #5598C8 #8455C8

monochromatic

#7B7428 #A99F37 #C8BE55 #D7D083 #E6E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#C8BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE55

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE55	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)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.127 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd188',
    500: '#c8be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be55;
$custom-light: #dbd188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78907,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE55

secondary

#A5A9D4

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE55

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

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