#C8C145#C8C145

#C8C145 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	#C8C145
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -12.40, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 62.08, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0396 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.143 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9652, 50.8505, 13.1283)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C145 #454CC8

analogous

#C87F45 #C8C145 #8DC845

triadic

#C8C145 #45C8C1 #C145C8

tetradic

#C8C145 #45C87F #454CC8 #C8458D

square

#C8C145 #45C87F #454CC8 #C8458D

split-complementary

#C8C145 #458DC8 #7F45C8

monochromatic

#716D21 #A09A2F #C8C145 #D6D174 #E4E0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8C145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C8C145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C145

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C145	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)

#D1BA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.143 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd37f',
    500: '#c8c145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c145;
$custom-light: #dcd37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79391,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C145

secondary

#373A7A

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C145

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

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