#C8C141#C8C141

#C8C141 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.146 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C141
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -12.63, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 63.66, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0406 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.146 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8452, 50.8025, 12.4963)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C141 #4148C8

analogous

#C87E41 #C8C141 #8CC841

triadic

#C8C141 #41C8C1 #C141C8

tetradic

#C8C141 #41C87E #4148C8 #C8418C

square

#C8C141 #41C87E #4148C8 #C8418C

split-complementary

#C8C141 #418CC8 #7E41C8

monochromatic

#6F6B20 #9E982E #C8C141 #D6D070 #E3E0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8C141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#C8C141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C141

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C141	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.146 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd37d',
    500: '#c8c141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c141;
$custom-light: #dcd37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79358,
    "c": 0.14557,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C141

secondary

#353978

accent

#51DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C141

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

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