#C8C153#C8C153

#C8C153 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.132 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C153
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -11.49, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 56.17, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0354 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.132 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4522, 51.0453, 15.6931)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C153 #535AC8

analogous

#C88653 #C8C153 #95C853

triadic

#C8C153 #53C8C1 #C153C8

tetradic

#C8C153 #53C886 #535AC8 #C85395

square

#C8C153 #53C886 #535AC8 #C85395

split-complementary

#C8C153 #5395C8 #8653C8

monochromatic

#7A7527 #A8A136 #C8C153 #D7D281 #E6E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8C153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#C8C153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C153

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C153	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.132 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd387',
    500: '#c8c153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c153;
$custom-light: #dbd387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.41,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79523,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C153

secondary

#3D4182

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C153

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

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