#C8BE5C#C8BE5C

#C8BE5C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.120 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE5C
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 92)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 54%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -9.26, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 50.88, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0281 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.12 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1660, 49.8805, 17.4245)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE5C #5C66C8

analogous

#C8885C #C8BE5C #9CC85C

triadic

#C8BE5C #5CC8BE #BE5CC8

tetradic

#C8BE5C #5CC888 #5C66C8 #C85C9C

square

#C8BE5C #5CC888 #5C66C8 #C85C9C

split-complementary

#C8BE5C #5C9CC8 #885CC8

monochromatic

#7F772B #ADA23A #C8BE5C #D7D08A #E7E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C8BE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE5C

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE5C	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.120 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd18d',
    500: '#c8be5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be5c;
$custom-light: #dbd18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78987,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE5C

secondary

#AAAED6

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE5C

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

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