#C8C151#C8C151

#C8C151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.133 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C151
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -11.63, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 57.04, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0361 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.133 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3761, 51.0148, 15.2923)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C151 #5158C8

analogous

#C88651 #C8C151 #93C851

triadic

#C8C151 #51C8C1 #C151C8

tetradic

#C8C151 #51C886 #5158C8 #C85193

square

#C8C151 #51C886 #5158C8 #C85193

split-complementary

#C8C151 #5193C8 #8651C8

monochromatic

#797426 #A7A035 #C8C151 #D7D280 #E5E2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#C8C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C151

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C151	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.133 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd386',
    500: '#c8c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c151;
$custom-light: #dbd386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79502,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C151

secondary

#3C4081

accent

#55DB4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C151

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

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