#C8C144#C8C144

#C8C144 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.143 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C144
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -12.46, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 62.48, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0398 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.143 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9344, 50.8382, 12.9662)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C144 #444BC8

analogous

#C87F44 #C8C144 #8DC844

triadic

#C8C144 #44C8C1 #C144C8

tetradic

#C8C144 #44C87F #444BC8 #C8448D

square

#C8C144 #44C87F #444BC8 #C8448D

split-complementary

#C8C144 #448DC8 #7F44C8

monochromatic

#716C21 #A09A2F #C8C144 #D6D173 #E4E0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8C144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C8C144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C144

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C144	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)

#D1BA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.143 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd37e',
    500: '#c8c144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c144;
$custom-light: #dcd37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79383,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C144

secondary

#363A7A

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C144

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

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