#C8C23E#C8C23E

#C8C23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.149 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C23E
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -13.29, 63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 65.16, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0428 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.149 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9824, 51.2122, 12.1246)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C23E #3E44C8

analogous

#C87D3E #C8C23E #89C83E

triadic

#C8C23E #3EC8C2 #C23EC8

tetradic

#C8C23E #3EC87D #3E44C8 #C83E89

square

#C8C23E #3EC87D #3E44C8 #C83E89

split-complementary

#C8C23E #3E89C8 #7D3EC8

monochromatic

#6D691F #9C972D #C8C23E #D6D16E #E3E09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8C23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C8C23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C23E

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C23E	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)

#D2BB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.149 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd47b',
    500: '#c8c23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c23e;
$custom-light: #dcd47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7955,
    "c": 0.14853,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C23E

secondary

#343776

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C23E

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

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