#C8C045#C8C045

#C8C045 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	#C8C045
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -11.89, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 61.71, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0381 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.142 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7449, 50.4098, 13.0549)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C045 #454DC8

analogous

#C87E45 #C8C045 #8EC845

triadic

#C8C045 #45C8C0 #C045C8

tetradic

#C8C045 #45C87E #454DC8 #C8458E

square

#C8C045 #45C87E #454DC8 #C8458E

split-complementary

#C8C045 #458EC8 #7E45C8

monochromatic

#716C21 #A0992F #C8C045 #D6D074 #E4E0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C8C045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#C8C045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C045

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C045	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)

#D0B935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.142 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd27f',
    500: '#c8c045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c045;
$custom-light: #dcd27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79177,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C045

secondary

#373B7A

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C045

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

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