#C8BE72#C8BE72

#C8BE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.098 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE72
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -7.22, 39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 40.20, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.02 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.098 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2711, 50.3225, 23.2448)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE72 #727CC8

analogous

#C89372 #C8BE72 #A7C872

triadic

#C8BE72 #72C8BE #BE72C8

tetradic

#C8BE72 #72C893 #727CC8 #C872A7

square

#C8BE72 #72C893 #727CC8 #C872A7

split-complementary

#C8BE72 #72A7C8 #9372C8

monochromatic

#8A8036 #B6A947 #C8BE72 #D9D29E #EAE7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8BE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#C8BE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE72

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE72	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.098 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad19c',
    500: '#c8be72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be72;
$custom-light: #dad19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7929,
    "c": 0.09787,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE72

secondary

#4D5591

accent

#3EB72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE72

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

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