#C8C04F#C8C04F

#C8C04F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.134 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C04F
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -11.26, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 57.53, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0352 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.134 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0818, 50.5446, 14.8297)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C04F #4F57C8

analogous

#C8844F #C8C04F #94C84F

triadic

#C8C04F #4FC8C0 #C04FC8

tetradic

#C8C04F #4FC884 #4F57C8 #C84F94

square

#C8C04F #4FC884 #4F57C8 #C84F94

split-complementary

#C8C04F #4F94C8 #844FC8

monochromatic

#777225 #A69E34 #C8C04F #D7D17E #E5E1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8C04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#C8C04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C04F

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C04F	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)

#CFBA42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.134 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd285',
    500: '#c8c04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c04f;
$custom-light: #dbd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79269,
    "c": 0.13397,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C04F

secondary

#3B4080

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C04F

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

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