#C8BE5B#C8BE5B

#C8BE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.121 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE5B
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -9.34, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 51.35, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0284 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.121 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1226, 49.8631, 17.1958)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE5B #5B65C8

analogous

#C8875B #C8BE5B #9CC85B

triadic

#C8BE5B #5BC8BE #BE5BC8

tetradic

#C8BE5B #5BC887 #5B65C8 #C85B9C

square

#C8BE5B #5BC887 #5B65C8 #C85B9C

split-complementary

#C8BE5B #5B9CC8 #875BC8

monochromatic

#7E772A #ACA23A #C8BE5B #D7D089 #E7E2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#C8BE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE5B

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE5B	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)

#CDB851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.121 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd18c',
    500: '#c8be5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be5b;
$custom-light: #dbd18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.495,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78975,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE5B

secondary

#A9ADD6

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE5B

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

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