#C8C142#C8C142

#C8C142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.145 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C142
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -12.57, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 63.27, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0404 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.145 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8744, 50.8142, 12.6502)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C142 #4249C8

analogous

#C87E42 #C8C142 #8CC842

triadic

#C8C142 #42C8C1 #C142C8

tetradic

#C8C142 #42C87E #4249C8 #C8428C

square

#C8C142 #42C87E #4249C8 #C8428C

split-complementary

#C8C142 #428CC8 #7E42C8

monochromatic

#6F6B20 #9F992E #C8C142 #D6D171 #E4E0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#C8C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C142

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C142	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)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.145 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd37d',
    500: '#c8c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c142;
$custom-light: #dcd37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79366,
    "c": 0.14487,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C142

secondary

#363979

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C142

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

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