#C8C181#C8C181

#C8C181 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.084 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C181
RGB	rgb(200, 193, 129)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 35.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -7.11, 33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 33.90, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0185 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.084 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8524, 52.0054, 28.3346)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C181 #8188C8

analogous

#C89E81 #C8C181 #ABC881

triadic

#C8C181 #81C8C1 #C181C8

tetradic

#C8C181 #81C89E #8188C8 #C881AB

square

#C8C181 #81C89E #8188C8 #C881AB

split-complementary

#C8C181 #81ABC8 #9E81C8

monochromatic

#90883F #B5AC56 #C8C181 #DBD6AC #EDEBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8C181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#C8C181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C181

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C181	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBD7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 193, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.084 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d3a6',
    500: '#c8c181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c181;
$custom-light: #d9d3a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 39.227,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80169,
    "c": 0.08392,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C181

secondary

#565C97

accent

#40B233

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C181

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

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