#C8BE56#C8BE56

#C8BE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.126 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE56
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -9.73, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 53.64, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0301 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.126 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9140, 49.7797, 16.0975)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE56 #5660C8

analogous

#C88556 #C8BE56 #99C856

triadic

#C8BE56 #56C8BE #BE56C8

tetradic

#C8BE56 #56C885 #5660C8 #C85699

square

#C8BE56 #56C885 #5660C8 #C85699

split-complementary

#C8BE56 #5699C8 #8556C8

monochromatic

#7B7428 #AAA037 #C8BE56 #D7D084 #E6E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#C8BE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE56

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE56	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.126 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd189',
    500: '#c8be56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be56;
$custom-light: #dbd189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78918,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE56

secondary

#A5A9D4

accent

#5ADA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE56

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

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