#C8BE5E#C8BE5E

#C8BE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.119 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE5E
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -9.09, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 49.94, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0274 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.119 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2546, 49.9159, 17.8911)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE5E #5E68C8

analogous

#C8895E #C8BE5E #9DC85E

triadic

#C8BE5E #5EC8BE #BE5EC8

tetradic

#C8BE5E #5EC889 #5E68C8 #C85E9D

square

#C8BE5E #5EC889 #5E68C8 #C85E9D

split-complementary

#C8BE5E #5E9DC8 #895EC8

monochromatic

#80782C #AEA33B #C8BE5E #D8D08C #E7E3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C8BE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE5E

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE5E	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)

#CCB855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.119 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd18e',
    500: '#c8be5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be5e;
$custom-light: #dbd18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79011,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE5E

secondary

#ACB0D6

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE5E

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

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