#C8C14A#C8C14A

#C8C14A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.139 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C14A
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -12.10, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 60.04, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0382 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.139 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1270, 50.9152, 13.9804)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C14A #4A51C8

analogous

#C8824A #C8C14A #90C84A

triadic

#C8C14A #4AC8C1 #C14AC8

tetradic

#C8C14A #4AC882 #4A51C8 #C84A90

square

#C8C14A #4AC882 #4A51C8 #C84A90

split-complementary

#C8C14A #4A90C8 #824AC8

monochromatic

#747023 #A39D32 #C8C14A #D6D179 #E5E1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8C14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C8C14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C14A

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C14A	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)

#D1BA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.139 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd382',
    500: '#c8c14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c14a;
$custom-light: #dcd382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79435,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C14A

secondary

#393D7D

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C14A

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

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