#C8C135#C8C135

#C8C135 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.153 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C135
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -13.22, 66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 68.01, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0435 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.153 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5337, 50.6779, 10.8561)
Luminance	0.5068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C135 #353CC8

analogous

#C87835 #C8C135 #86C835

triadic

#C8C135 #35C8C1 #C135C8

tetradic

#C8C135 #35C878 #353CC8 #C83586

square

#C8C135 #35C878 #353CC8 #C83586

split-complementary

#C8C135 #3586C8 #7835C8

monochromatic

#67641B #989228 #C8C135 #D6D164 #E3DF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8C135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#C8C135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C135

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C135	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.153 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd377',
    500: '#c8c135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c135;
$custom-light: #dcd377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79274,
    "c": 0.15312,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C135

secondary

#303371

accent

#4EE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C135

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

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