#C8C043#C8C043

#C8C043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.143 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C043
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -12.01, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 62.51, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0387 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.143 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6838, 50.3854, 12.7334)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C043 #434BC8

analogous

#C87E43 #C8C043 #8EC843

triadic

#C8C043 #43C8C0 #C043C8

tetradic

#C8C043 #43C87E #434BC8 #C8438E

square

#C8C043 #43C87E #434BC8 #C8438E

split-complementary

#C8C043 #438EC8 #7E43C8

monochromatic

#706B21 #9F982F #C8C043 #D6D072 #E4E0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8C043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#C8C043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C043

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C043	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.143 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd27e',
    500: '#c8c043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c043;
$custom-light: #dcd27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79161,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C043

secondary

#363A79

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C043

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

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