#C8BE5A#C8BE5A

#C8BE5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.122 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE5A
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -9.42, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 51.81, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0288 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.122 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0797, 49.8460, 16.9702)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE5A #5A64C8

analogous

#C8875A #C8BE5A #9BC85A

triadic

#C8BE5A #5AC8BE #BE5AC8

tetradic

#C8BE5A #5AC887 #5A64C8 #C85A9B

square

#C8BE5A #5AC887 #5A64C8 #C85A9B

split-complementary

#C8BE5A #5A9BC8 #875AC8

monochromatic

#7E762A #ACA139 #C8BE5A #D7D088 #E7E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#C8BE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE5A

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE5A	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	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)

#CDB850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.122 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd18c',
    500: '#c8be5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be5a;
$custom-light: #dbd18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78963,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE5A

secondary

#A8ADD5

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE5A

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

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