#C8BE59#C8BE59

#C8BE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.123 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE59
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -9.50, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 52.27, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0291 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.123 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0374, 49.8290, 16.7475)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE59 #5963C8

analogous

#C88759 #C8BE59 #9AC859

triadic

#C8BE59 #59C8BE #BE59C8

tetradic

#C8BE59 #59C887 #5963C8 #C8599A

square

#C8BE59 #59C887 #5963C8 #C8599A

split-complementary

#C8BE59 #599AC8 #8759C8

monochromatic

#7D7629 #ABA139 #C8BE59 #D7D087 #E6E2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#C8BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE59

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE59	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.123 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd18b',
    500: '#c8be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be59;
$custom-light: #dbd18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78952,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE59

secondary

#A8ACD5

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE59

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

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