#C8BE57#C8BE57

#C8BE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.125 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE57
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -9.65, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 53.19, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0298 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.125 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9546, 49.7959, 16.3112)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE57 #5761C8

analogous

#C88657 #C8BE57 #9AC857

triadic

#C8BE57 #57C8BE #BE57C8

tetradic

#C8BE57 #57C886 #5761C8 #C8579A

square

#C8BE57 #57C886 #5761C8 #C8579A

split-complementary

#C8BE57 #579AC8 #8657C8

monochromatic

#7C7529 #AAA038 #C8BE57 #D7D085 #E6E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#C8BE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE57

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE57	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)

#CDB84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.125 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd18a',
    500: '#c8be57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be57;
$custom-light: #dbd18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78929,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE57

secondary

#A6AAD5

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE57

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

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