#C8C169#C8C169

#C8C169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.111 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C169
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 47.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -9.66, 44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 45.91, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0279 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.111 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4403, 51.4405, 20.8972)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C169 #6970C8

analogous

#C89269 #C8C169 #A0C869

triadic

#C8C169 #69C8C1 #C169C8

tetradic

#C8C169 #69C892 #6970C8 #C869A0

square

#C8C169 #69C892 #6970C8 #C869A0

split-complementary

#C8C169 #69A0C8 #9269C8

monochromatic

#867F31 #B2AA41 #C8C169 #D8D496 #E9E6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C8C169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#C8C169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C169

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C169	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBB61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.111 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad396',
    500: '#c8c169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c169;
$custom-light: #dad396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.579,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7979,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C169

secondary

#484D8D

accent

#5CD652

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C169

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

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