#C8C040#C8C040

#C8C040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.145 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C040
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -12.17, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 63.68, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0394 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.145 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5961, 50.3504, 12.2716)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C040 #4048C8

analogous

#C87C40 #C8C040 #8CC840

triadic

#C8C040 #40C8C0 #C040C8

tetradic

#C8C040 #40C87C #4048C8 #C8408C

square

#C8C040 #40C87C #4048C8 #C8408C

split-complementary

#C8C040 #408CC8 #7C40C8

monochromatic

#6E6920 #9D972D #C8C040 #D6D070 #E3DF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8C040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#C8C040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C040

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C040	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.145 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd27c',
    500: '#c8c040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c040;
$custom-light: #dcd27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79137,
    "c": 0.14531,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C040

secondary

#353977

accent

#52DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C040

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

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