#C8C044#C8C044

#C8C044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.142 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C8C044
RGBrgb(200, 192, 68)
HSLhsl(56, 55%, 53%)
HSVhsv(56, 66%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(76.31, -11.95, 60.95)
CIE-LCHlch(76.31, 62.11, 101.09°)
OKLaboklab(79.17% -0.0384 0.1372)
OKLCHoklch(79.17% 0.142 105.6)
XYZxyz(43.7141, 50.3975, 12.8928)
Luminance0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C8C044 #444CC8
analogous
#C87E44 #C8C044 #8EC844
triadic
#C8C044 #44C8C0 #C044C8
tetradic
#C8C044 #44C87E #444CC8 #C8448E
square
#C8C044 #44C87E #444CC8 #C8448E
split-complementary
#C8C044 #448EC8 #7E44C8
monochromatic
#716C21 #A0992F #C8C044 #D6D073 #E4E0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90
#C8C044 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08
#C8C044 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C044
11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C8C044#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C8C0441.001.9011.0811.08
#FFFFFF1.901.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0821.001.001.00
##00000011.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0B933
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3BF4C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6B4A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c8c044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.142 105.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd27e',
    500: '#c8c044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c8c044;
$custom-light: #dcd27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c8c044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79169,
    "c": 0.14249,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C8C044
secondary
#363B7A
accent
#53DE4A
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C8C044 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva