#C8C143#C8C143

#C8C143 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.144 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C143
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -12.52, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 62.88, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0401 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.144 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9041, 50.8261, 12.8068)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C143 #434AC8

analogous

#C87E43 #C8C143 #8DC843

triadic

#C8C143 #43C8C1 #C143C8

tetradic

#C8C143 #43C87E #434AC8 #C8438D

square

#C8C143 #43C87E #434AC8 #C8438D

split-complementary

#C8C143 #438DC8 #7E43C8

monochromatic

#706C21 #9F992F #C8C143 #D6D172 #E4E0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8C143 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C8C143 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C143

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C143	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C143	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)

#D1BA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c143;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.144 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd37e',
    500: '#c8c143',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c143;
$custom-light: #dcd37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c143",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79374,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C143

secondary

#363A79

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C143

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

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