#C8BE65#C8BE65

#C8BE65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.112 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE65
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 101)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 49.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -8.48, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 46.60, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0249 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.112 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5831, 50.0473, 19.6210)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE65 #656FC8

analogous

#C88D65 #C8BE65 #A1C865

triadic

#C8BE65 #65C8BE #BE65C8

tetradic

#C8BE65 #65C88D #656FC8 #C865A1

square

#C8BE65 #65C88D #656FC8 #C865A1

split-complementary

#C8BE65 #65A1C8 #8D65C8

monochromatic

#847B2F #B1A53F #C8BE65 #D8D192 #E8E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8BE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#C8BE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE65

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE65	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB95D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.112 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd193',
    500: '#c8be65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be65;
$custom-light: #dbd193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.939,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79101,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE65

secondary

#464D8B

accent

#5ED751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE65

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

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