#C8BE5D#C8BE5D

#C8BE5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.120 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE5D
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -9.18, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 50.41, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0277 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.12 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2100, 49.8981, 17.6563)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE5D #5D67C8

analogous

#C8895D #C8BE5D #9CC85D

triadic

#C8BE5D #5DC8BE #BE5DC8

tetradic

#C8BE5D #5DC889 #5D67C8 #C85D9C

square

#C8BE5D #5DC889 #5D67C8 #C85D9C

split-complementary

#C8BE5D #5D9CC8 #895DC8

monochromatic

#7F772B #ADA23B #C8BE5D #D8D08B #E7E3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C8BE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE5D

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE5D	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)

#CDB854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.120 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd18e',
    500: '#c8be5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be5d;
$custom-light: #dbd18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78999,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE5D

secondary

#ABAFD6

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE5D

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

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