#C8C162#C8C162

#C8C162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.118 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C162
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -10.29, 48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 49.28, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0304 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.118 105)
XYZ	xyz(45.0952, 51.3025, 19.0798)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C162 #6269C8

analogous

#C88E62 #C8C162 #9CC862

triadic

#C8C162 #62C8C1 #C162C8

tetradic

#C8C162 #62C88E #6269C8 #C8629C

square

#C8C162 #62C88E #6269C8 #C8629C

split-complementary

#C8C162 #629CC8 #8E62C8

monochromatic

#827C2E #AFA83D #C8C162 #D8D38F #E8E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C8C162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#C8C162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C162

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C162	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.118 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd391',
    500: '#c8c162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c162;
$custom-light: #dbd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.882,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79697,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.51301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C162

secondary

#44498A

accent

#59D850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C162

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

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