#C8C23C#C8C23C

#C8C23C 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	#C8C23C
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -13.40, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 65.90, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0433 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.15 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9285, 51.1907, 11.8409)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C23C #3C42C8

analogous

#C87C3C #C8C23C #88C83C

triadic

#C8C23C #3CC8C2 #C23CC8

tetradic

#C8C23C #3CC87C #3C42C8 #C83C88

square

#C8C23C #3CC87C #3C42C8 #C83C88

split-complementary

#C8C23C #3C88C8 #7C3CC8

monochromatic

#6B681E #9B962C #C8C23C #D5D16C #E3E09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8C23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C8C23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C23C

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C23C	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)

#D2BB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.150 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd47a',
    500: '#c8c23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c23c;
$custom-light: #dcd47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79535,
    "c": 0.14983,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C23C

secondary

#333675

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C23C

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

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