#C8C23B#C8C23B

#C8C23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.150 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C23B
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -13.45, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 66.27, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0435 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.15 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9023, 51.1802, 11.7030)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C23B #3B41C8

analogous

#C87B3B #C8C23B #87C83B

triadic

#C8C23B #3BC8C2 #C23BC8

tetradic

#C8C23B #3BC87B #3B41C8 #C83B87

square

#C8C23B #3BC87B #3B41C8 #C83B87

split-complementary

#C8C23B #3B87C8 #7B3BC8

monochromatic

#6B671E #9A962B #C8C23B #D5D16B #E3E09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8C23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C8C23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C23B

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C23B	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.150 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd47a',
    500: '#c8c23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c23b;
$custom-light: #dcd47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79528,
    "c": 0.15047,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C23B

secondary

#333674

accent

#4FDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C23B

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

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