#C8C149#C8C149

#C8C149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.140 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C149
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -12.16, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 60.45, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0384 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.14 106)
XYZ	xyz(44.0935, 50.9018, 13.8044)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C149 #4950C8

analogous

#C88149 #C8C149 #8FC849

triadic

#C8C149 #49C8C1 #C149C8

tetradic

#C8C149 #49C881 #4950C8 #C8498F

square

#C8C149 #49C881 #4950C8 #C8498F

split-complementary

#C8C149 #498FC8 #8149C8

monochromatic

#746F23 #A39C31 #C8C149 #D6D178 #E4E1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8C149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C8C149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C149

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C149	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.140 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd381',
    500: '#c8c149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c149;
$custom-light: #dcd381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79426,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C149

secondary

#393C7D

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C149

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

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