#C8C073#C8C073

#C8C073 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.099 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C073
RGB	rgb(200, 192, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 42.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -8.15, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 40.55, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0226 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.099 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7645, 51.2177, 23.6916)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C073 #737BC8

analogous

#C89673 #C8C073 #A6C873

triadic

#C8C073 #73C8C0 #C073C8

tetradic

#C8C073 #73C896 #737BC8 #C873A6

square

#C8C073 #73C896 #737BC8 #C873A6

split-complementary

#C8C073 #73A6C8 #9673C8

monochromatic

#8A8236 #B6AC48 #C8C073 #D9D49F #EBE8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8C073 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C8C073 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C073

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C073	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C073	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBB6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c073;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 192, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.099 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad29c',
    500: '#c8c073',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c073;
$custom-light: #dad29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c073",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.353,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79726,
    "c": 0.09887,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C073

secondary

#4E5492

accent

#3CB72F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C073

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

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