#C8C050#C8C050

#C8C050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.133 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C050
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -11.19, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 57.09, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0349 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.133 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1185, 50.5593, 15.0228)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C050 #5058C8

analogous

#C88450 #C8C050 #94C850

triadic

#C8C050 #50C8C0 #C050C8

tetradic

#C8C050 #50C884 #5058C8 #C85094

square

#C8C050 #50C884 #5058C8 #C85094

split-complementary

#C8C050 #5094C8 #8450C8

monochromatic

#787226 #A69F34 #C8C050 #D7D17F #E5E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8C050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#C8C050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C050

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C050	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)

#CFBA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.133 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd285',
    500: '#c8c050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c050;
$custom-light: #dbd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79279,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C050

secondary

#3C4080

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C050

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

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