#C8C048#C8C048

#C8C048 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	#C8C048
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -11.71, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 60.49, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0373 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.14 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8403, 50.4480, 13.5578)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C048 #4850C8

analogous

#C88048 #C8C048 #90C848

triadic

#C8C048 #48C8C0 #C048C8

tetradic

#C8C048 #48C880 #4850C8 #C84890

square

#C8C048 #48C880 #4850C8 #C84890

split-complementary

#C8C048 #4890C8 #8048C8

monochromatic

#736E23 #A29B31 #C8C048 #D6D077 #E4E0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8C048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C8C048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C048

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C048	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)

#D0B939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.140 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd281',
    500: '#c8c048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c048;
$custom-light: #dcd281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79203,
    "c": 0.13953,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C048

secondary

#383C7C

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C048

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

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