#C8C046#C8C046

#C8C046 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.141 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C046
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -11.83, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 61.30, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0378 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.141 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7762, 50.4224, 13.2197)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C046 #464EC8

analogous

#C87F46 #C8C046 #8FC846

triadic

#C8C046 #46C8C0 #C046C8

tetradic

#C8C046 #46C87F #464EC8 #C8468F

square

#C8C046 #46C87F #464EC8 #C8468F

split-complementary

#C8C046 #468FC8 #7F46C8

monochromatic

#726D22 #A19A30 #C8C046 #D6D075 #E4E0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8C046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#C8C046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C046

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C046	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	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)

#D0B936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.141 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd280',
    500: '#c8c046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c046;
$custom-light: #dcd280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79186,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C046

secondary

#373B7B

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C046

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

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