#C8C235#C8C235

#C8C235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.154 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C235
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -13.72, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 68.36, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0449 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.154 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7556, 51.1215, 10.9301)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C235 #353BC8

analogous

#C87935 #C8C235 #85C835

triadic

#C8C235 #35C8C2 #C235C8

tetradic

#C8C235 #35C879 #353BC8 #C83585

square

#C8C235 #35C879 #353BC8 #C83585

split-complementary

#C8C235 #3585C8 #7935C8

monochromatic

#67641B #989328 #C8C235 #D6D164 #E3E095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8C235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#C8C235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C235

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C235	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BA18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.154 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd477',
    500: '#c8c235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c235;
$custom-light: #dcd477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79488,
    "c": 0.15405,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C235

secondary

#303271

accent

#4DE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C235

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

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