#C8BE74#C8BE74

#C8BE74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.096 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE74
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -7.01, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 39.20, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0192 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.096 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3862, 50.3685, 23.8509)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE74 #747EC8

analogous

#C89474 #C8BE74 #A8C874

triadic

#C8BE74 #74C8BE #BE74C8

tetradic

#C8BE74 #74C894 #747EC8 #C874A8

square

#C8BE74 #74C894 #747EC8 #C874A8

split-complementary

#C8BE74 #74A8C8 #9474C8

monochromatic

#8B8137 #B7A948 #C8BE74 #D9D3A0 #EBE7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8BE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#C8BE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE74

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE74	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)

#CBBA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.096 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad19d',
    500: '#c8be74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be74;
$custom-light: #dad19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79321,
    "c": 0.09564,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE74

secondary

#4E5692

accent

#3FB62F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE74

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

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