#C8C245#C8C245

#C8C245 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	#C8C245
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -12.91, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 62.46, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.041 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.144 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1870, 51.2941, 13.2022)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C245 #454BC8

analogous

#C88045 #C8C245 #8CC845

triadic

#C8C245 #45C8C2 #C245C8

tetradic

#C8C245 #45C880 #454BC8 #C8458C

square

#C8C245 #45C880 #454BC8 #C8458C

split-complementary

#C8C245 #458CC8 #8045C8

monochromatic

#716D21 #A09B2F #C8C245 #D6D174 #E4E1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C8C245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#C8C245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C245

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C245	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)

#D2BB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.144 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd47f',
    500: '#c8c245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c245;
$custom-light: #dcd47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79605,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C245

secondary

#373A7A

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C245

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

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