#C8C061#C8C061

#C8C061 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.118 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C061
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -9.87, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 49.34, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0293 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.118 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8280, 50.8431, 18.7593)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C061 #6169C8

analogous

#C88C61 #C8C061 #9CC861

triadic

#C8C061 #61C8C0 #C061C8

tetradic

#C8C061 #61C88C #6169C8 #C8619C

square

#C8C061 #61C88C #6169C8 #C8619C

split-complementary

#C8C061 #619CC8 #8C61C8

monochromatic

#827B2D #AFA63D #C8C061 #D8D28E #E8E4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8C061 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C8C061 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C061

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C061	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C061	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c061;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.118 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd290',
    500: '#c8c061',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c061;
$custom-light: #dbd290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c061",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.34,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79472,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C061

secondary

#444989

accent

#5AD850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C061

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

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