#C8BE73#C8BE73

#C8BE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.097 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE73
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 42.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -7.12, 39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 39.70, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0196 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.097 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3283, 50.3454, 23.5462)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE73 #737DC8

analogous

#C89473 #C8BE73 #A8C873

triadic

#C8BE73 #73C8BE #BE73C8

tetradic

#C8BE73 #73C894 #737DC8 #C873A8

square

#C8BE73 #73C894 #737DC8 #C873A8

split-complementary

#C8BE73 #73A8C8 #9473C8

monochromatic

#8A8036 #B6A948 #C8BE73 #D9D29F #EBE7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8BE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#C8BE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE73

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE73	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.097 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad19c',
    500: '#c8be73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be73;
$custom-light: #dad19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79305,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE73

secondary

#4E5692

accent

#3FB72F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE73

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

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