#C8C244#C8C244

#C8C244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.144 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C244
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -12.97, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 62.85, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0413 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.144 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1562, 51.2818, 13.0401)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C244 #444AC8

analogous

#C88044 #C8C244 #8CC844

triadic

#C8C244 #44C8C2 #C244C8

tetradic

#C8C244 #44C880 #444AC8 #C8448C

square

#C8C244 #44C880 #444AC8 #C8448C

split-complementary

#C8C244 #448CC8 #8044C8

monochromatic

#716D21 #A09B2F #C8C244 #D6D173 #E4E1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8C244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#C8C244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C244

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C244	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.144 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd47f',
    500: '#c8c244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c244;
$custom-light: #dcd47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79596,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C244

secondary

#363A7A

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C244

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

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