#C8C052#C8C052

#C8C052 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.131 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C052
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -11.05, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 56.21, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0343 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.131 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1935, 50.5893, 15.4178)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C052 #525AC8

analogous

#C88552 #C8C052 #95C852

triadic

#C8C052 #52C8C0 #C052C8

tetradic

#C8C052 #52C885 #525AC8 #C85295

square

#C8C052 #52C885 #525AC8 #C85295

split-complementary

#C8C052 #5295C8 #8552C8

monochromatic

#797327 #A8A035 #C8C052 #D7D180 #E6E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8C052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C8C052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C052

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C052	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.131 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd287',
    500: '#c8c052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c052;
$custom-light: #dbd287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.793,
    "c": 0.13144,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C052

secondary

#3D4182

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C052

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

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