#C8C241#C8C241

#C8C241 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	#C8C241
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -13.13, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 64.03, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0421 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.147 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0670, 51.2461, 12.5702)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C241 #4147C8

analogous

#C87E41 #C8C241 #8BC841

triadic

#C8C241 #41C8C2 #C241C8

tetradic

#C8C241 #41C87E #4147C8 #C8418B

square

#C8C241 #41C87E #4147C8 #C8418B

split-complementary

#C8C241 #418BC8 #7E41C8

monochromatic

#6F6B20 #9E992E #C8C241 #D6D170 #E3E0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8C241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#C8C241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C241

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C241	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)

#D2BB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.147 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd47d',
    500: '#c8c241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c241;
$custom-light: #dcd47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79572,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C241

secondary

#353878

accent

#50DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C241

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

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