#C8C164#C8C164

#C8C164 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.116 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C164
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 100)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 50%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -10.12, 47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 48.32, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0297 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.116 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1908, 51.3407, 19.5834)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C164 #646BC8

analogous

#C88F64 #C8C164 #9DC864

triadic

#C8C164 #64C8C1 #C164C8

tetradic

#C8C164 #64C88F #646BC8 #C8649D

square

#C8C164 #64C88F #646BC8 #C8649D

split-complementary

#C8C164 #649DC8 #8F64C8

monochromatic

#837D2F #B0A83F #C8C164 #D8D391 #E8E5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C8C164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#C8C164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C164

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C164	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.116 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd392',
    500: '#c8c164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c164;
$custom-light: #dbd392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.8,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79722,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C164

secondary

#454A8B

accent

#5AD751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C164

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

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