#C8C23A#C8C23A

#C8C23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.151 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C23A
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -13.49, 65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 66.63, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0438 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.151 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8766, 51.1699, 11.5677)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C23A #3A40C8

analogous

#C87B3A #C8C23A #87C83A

triadic

#C8C23A #3AC8C2 #C23AC8

tetradic

#C8C23A #3AC87B #3A40C8 #C83A87

square

#C8C23A #3AC87B #3A40C8 #C83A87

split-complementary

#C8C23A #3A87C8 #7B3AC8

monochromatic

#6A671E #9A952B #C8C23A #D5D16A #E3E09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8C23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#C8C23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C23A

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C23A	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.151 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd479',
    500: '#c8c23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c23a;
$custom-light: #dcd479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79521,
    "c": 0.15109,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C23A

secondary

#323574

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C23A

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

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