#C8BE99#C8BE99

#C8BE99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.051 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE99
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(47, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -2.41, 19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 20.14, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0042 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.051 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9827, 51.4071, 37.5257)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE99 #99A3C8

analogous

#C8A799 #C8BE99 #BBC899

triadic

#C8BE99 #99C8BE #BE99C8

tetradic

#C8BE99 #99C8A7 #99A3C8 #C899BB

square

#C8BE99 #99C8A7 #99A3C8 #C899BB

split-complementary

#C8BE99 #99BBC8 #A799C8

monochromatic

#968751 #B3A571 #C8BE99 #DDD7C1 #F3F1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C8BE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C8BE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE99

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE99	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.051 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d1b7',
    500: '#c8be99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be99;
$custom-light: #d9d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80026,
    "c": 0.05114,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE99

secondary

#69749D

accent

#54A93D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE99

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

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