#C8BE7B#C8BE7B

#C8BE7B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.088 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE7B
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 123)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 39%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 38.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -6.25, 35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 35.66, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0165 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.088 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8088, 50.5376, 26.0767)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE7B #7B85C8

analogous

#C8977B #C8BE7B #ABC87B

triadic

#C8BE7B #7BC8BE #BE7BC8

tetradic

#C8BE7B #7BC897 #7B85C8 #C87BAB

square

#C8BE7B #7BC897 #7B85C8 #C87BAB

split-complementary

#C8BE7B #7BABC8 #977BC8

monochromatic

#8E833B #B6A950 #C8BE7B #DAD3A6 #ECE9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8BE7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#C8BE7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE7B

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE7B	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABA76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.088 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad1a2',
    500: '#c8be7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be7b;
$custom-light: #dad1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79437,
    "c": 0.0877,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE7B

secondary

#525B95

accent

#42B431

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE7B

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

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