#C8C242#C8C242

#C8C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.146 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C242
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -13.08, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 63.64, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0418 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.146 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0962, 51.2578, 12.7241)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C242 #4248C8

analogous

#C87F42 #C8C242 #8BC842

triadic

#C8C242 #42C8C2 #C242C8

tetradic

#C8C242 #42C87F #4248C8 #C8428B

square

#C8C242 #42C87F #4248C8 #C8428B

split-complementary

#C8C242 #428BC8 #7F42C8

monochromatic

#6F6C20 #9F9A2E #C8C242 #D6D171 #E4E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#C8C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C242

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C242	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)

#D2BB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.146 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd47d',
    500: '#c8c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c242;
$custom-light: #dcd47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7958,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C242

secondary

#363979

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C242

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

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