#C8C042#C8C042

#C8C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.144 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C042
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -12.06, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 62.90, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0389 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.144 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6541, 50.3735, 12.5768)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C042 #424AC8

analogous

#C87D42 #C8C042 #8DC842

triadic

#C8C042 #42C8C0 #C042C8

tetradic

#C8C042 #42C87D #424AC8 #C8428D

square

#C8C042 #42C87D #424AC8 #C8428D

split-complementary

#C8C042 #428DC8 #7D42C8

monochromatic

#6F6B20 #9F982E #C8C042 #D6D071 #E4E0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#C8C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C042

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C042	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)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.144 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd27d',
    500: '#c8c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c042;
$custom-light: #dcd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79153,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C042

secondary

#363A79

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C042

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

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