#C8C047#C8C047

#C8C047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.140 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C047
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -11.77, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 60.90, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0376 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.14 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8080, 50.4351, 13.3873)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C047 #474FC8

analogous

#C87F47 #C8C047 #8FC847

triadic

#C8C047 #47C8C0 #C047C8

tetradic

#C8C047 #47C87F #474FC8 #C8478F

square

#C8C047 #47C87F #474FC8 #C8478F

split-complementary

#C8C047 #478FC8 #7F47C8

monochromatic

#726D22 #A29A30 #C8C047 #D6D076 #E4E0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8C047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C8C047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C047

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C047	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.140 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd280',
    500: '#c8c047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c047;
$custom-light: #dcd280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79195,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C047

secondary

#383C7B

accent

#54DD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C047

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

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