#C8C04E#C8C04E

#C8C04E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.135 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C04E
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -11.32, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 57.96, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0355 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.135 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0457, 50.5302, 14.6394)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C04E #4E56C8

analogous

#C8834E #C8C04E #93C84E

triadic

#C8C04E #4EC8C0 #C04EC8

tetradic

#C8C04E #4EC883 #4E56C8 #C84E93

square

#C8C04E #4EC883 #4E56C8 #C84E93

split-complementary

#C8C04E #4E93C8 #834EC8

monochromatic

#777125 #A59E33 #C8C04E #D7D17D #E5E1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8C04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#C8C04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C04E

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C04E	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.135 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd284',
    500: '#c8c04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c04e;
$custom-light: #dcd284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79259,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C04E

secondary

#3B3F7F

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C04E

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

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