#C8C246#C8C246

#C8C246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.143 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C246
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 70)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -12.85, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 62.06, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0407 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.143 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2183, 51.3066, 13.3671)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C246 #464CC8

analogous

#C88146 #C8C246 #8DC846

triadic

#C8C246 #46C8C2 #C246C8

tetradic

#C8C246 #46C881 #464CC8 #C8468D

square

#C8C246 #46C881 #464CC8 #C8468D

split-complementary

#C8C246 #468DC8 #8146C8

monochromatic

#726E22 #A19C30 #C8C246 #D6D275 #E4E1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C8C246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#C8C246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C246

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C246	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	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)

#D2BB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.143 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd480',
    500: '#c8c246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c246;
$custom-light: #dcd480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79613,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C246

secondary

#373A7B

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C246

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

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