#C8C240#C8C240

#C8C240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.147 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C240
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -13.19, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 64.41, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0423 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.147 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0383, 51.2346, 12.4190)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C240 #4046C8

analogous

#C87E40 #C8C240 #8AC840

triadic

#C8C240 #40C8C2 #C240C8

tetradic

#C8C240 #40C87E #4046C8 #C8408A

square

#C8C240 #40C87E #4046C8 #C8408A

split-complementary

#C8C240 #408AC8 #7E40C8

monochromatic

#6E6A20 #9D992D #C8C240 #D6D170 #E3E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8C240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#C8C240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C240

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C240	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.147 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd47c',
    500: '#c8c240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c240;
$custom-light: #dcd47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79565,
    "c": 0.1472,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C240

secondary

#353877

accent

#50DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C240

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

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