#C8C041#C8C041

#C8C041 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.145 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C041
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -12.12, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 63.29, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0392 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.145 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6249, 50.3618, 12.4228)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C041 #4149C8

analogous

#C87C41 #C8C041 #8DC841

triadic

#C8C041 #41C8C0 #C041C8

tetradic

#C8C041 #41C87C #4149C8 #C8418D

square

#C8C041 #41C87C #4149C8 #C8418D

split-complementary

#C8C041 #418DC8 #7C41C8

monochromatic

#6F6A20 #9E972E #C8C041 #D6D070 #E3DFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8C041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#C8C041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C041

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C041	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)

#D0B92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.145 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd27d',
    500: '#c8c041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c041;
$custom-light: #dcd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79145,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C041

secondary

#353978

accent

#52DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C041

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

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