Colour
#C8BE89
- #C8BE89
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Tan
#C8BE89 is a yellow with RGB values 200, 190, 137 and HSL 50°, 36%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.
Colour values
#C8BE89#C8BE89
HEX#C8BE89
RGBrgb(200, 190, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7451, 0.5373
RGB percentages78.4%, 74.5%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(50.5, 36.4%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 31.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 5%, 31.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,155,977
CSS custom property--colour: #C8BE89;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.50912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.18:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#374176
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8993C8
Analogous#C89F89, #B3C889
Triadic#89C8BE, #BE89C8
Split complementary#89B3C8, #9E89C8
Tetradic#89C89F, #8993C8, #C889B3
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R200
G190
B137
Red200 (78.4%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue50.48°
Saturation (HSL)36.42%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G BE · B 89
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