#C8C170#C8C170

#C8C170 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.103 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C170
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 112)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 44%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 44%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -8.98, 41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 42.48, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0252 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.103 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8150, 51.5904, 22.8706)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C170 #7077C8

analogous

#C89570 #C8C170 #A3C870

triadic

#C8C170 #70C8C1 #C170C8

tetradic

#C8C170 #70C895 #7077C8 #C870A3

square

#C8C170 #70C895 #7077C8 #C870A3

split-complementary

#C8C170 #70A3C8 #9570C8

monochromatic

#898235 #B5AC46 #C8C170 #D9D49C #EAE7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C8C170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#C8C170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C170

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C170	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBC69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.103 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad39a',
    500: '#c8c170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c170;
$custom-light: #dad39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.227,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7989,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C170

secondary

#4C5190

accent

#39B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C170

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

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