#C8C166#C8C166

#C8C166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.114 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C166
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 49%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -9.94, 46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 47.36, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.029 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.114 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2888, 51.3799, 20.0994)
Luminance	0.5138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C166 #666DC8

analogous

#C89066 #C8C166 #9EC866

triadic

#C8C166 #66C8C1 #C166C8

tetradic

#C8C166 #66C890 #666DC8 #C8669E

square

#C8C166 #66C890 #666DC8 #C8669E

split-complementary

#C8C166 #669EC8 #9066C8

monochromatic

#847E2F #B1A940 #C8C166 #D8D393 #E8E5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C8C166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C8C166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C166

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C166	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.114 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd394',
    500: '#c8c166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c166;
$custom-light: #dbd394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79749,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C166

secondary

#464B8C

accent

#5BD751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C166

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

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