#C8BE79#C8BE79

#C8BE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.090 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE79
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -6.47, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 36.67, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0173 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.09 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6849, 50.4880, 25.4241)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE79 #7983C8

analogous

#C89679 #C8BE79 #AAC879

triadic

#C8BE79 #79C8BE #BE79C8

tetradic

#C8BE79 #79C896 #7983C8 #C879AA

square

#C8BE79 #79C896 #7983C8 #C879AA

split-complementary

#C8BE79 #79AAC8 #9679C8

monochromatic

#8D823A #B6A94E #C8BE79 #DAD3A4 #ECE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8BE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#C8BE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE79

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE79	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABA74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.090 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad1a0',
    500: '#c8be79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be79;
$custom-light: #dad1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.405,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79403,
    "c": 0.09,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE79

secondary

#515A94

accent

#41B531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE79

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

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