#C8BE89#C8BE89

#C8BE89 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.071 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE89
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 137)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 31.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -4.57, 28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 28.46, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0108 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.071 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7487, 50.9135, 31.0267)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE89 #8993C8

analogous

#C89E89 #C8BE89 #B2C889

triadic

#C8BE89 #89C8BE #BE89C8

tetradic

#C8BE89 #89C89E #8993C8 #C889B2

square

#C8BE89 #89C89E #8993C8 #C889B2

split-complementary

#C8BE89 #89B2C8 #9E89C8

monochromatic

#928644 #B5A75F #C8BE89 #DBD5B3 #EFECDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8BE89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C8BE89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE89

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE89	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BB85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBF8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.071 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d1ac',
    500: '#c8be89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be89;
$custom-light: #d9d1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 36.416,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79692,
    "c": 0.07106,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE89

secondary

#5B659A

accent

#49AF36

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE89

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

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