#C8C04A#C8C04A

#C8C04A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.138 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C04A
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -11.59, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 59.66, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0367 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.138 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9067, 50.4746, 13.9070)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C04A #4A52C8

analogous

#C8814A #C8C04A #91C84A

triadic

#C8C04A #4AC8C0 #C04AC8

tetradic

#C8C04A #4AC881 #4A52C8 #C84A91

square

#C8C04A #4AC881 #4A52C8 #C84A91

split-complementary

#C8C04A #4A91C8 #814AC8

monochromatic

#746F23 #A39C32 #C8C04A #D6D079 #E5E1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8C04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C8C04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C04A

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C04A	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)

#D0B93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.138 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd282',
    500: '#c8c04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c04a;
$custom-light: #dcd282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79221,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C04A

secondary

#393D7D

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C04A

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

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