#C8BE78#C8BE78

#C8BE78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.091 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE78
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 40%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -6.58, 36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 37.18, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0176 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.091 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6239, 50.4636, 25.1028)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE78 #7882C8

analogous

#C89678 #C8BE78 #AAC878

triadic

#C8BE78 #78C8BE #BE78C8

tetradic

#C8BE78 #78C896 #7882C8 #C878AA

square

#C8BE78 #78C896 #7882C8 #C878AA

split-complementary

#C8BE78 #78AAC8 #9678C8

monochromatic

#8C8239 #B6A94D #C8BE78 #DAD3A3 #EBE8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8BE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C8BE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE78

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE78	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABA73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.091 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad1a0',
    500: '#c8be78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be78;
$custom-light: #dad1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79386,
    "c": 0.09114,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE78

secondary

#505994

accent

#41B530

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE78

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

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