#C8C249#C8C249

#C8C249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.141 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C249
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -12.67, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 60.83, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0399 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.141 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3154, 51.3454, 13.8783)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C249 #494FC8

analogous

#C88249 #C8C249 #8EC849

triadic

#C8C249 #49C8C2 #C249C8

tetradic

#C8C249 #49C882 #494FC8 #C8498E

square

#C8C249 #49C882 #494FC8 #C8498E

split-complementary

#C8C249 #498EC8 #8249C8

monochromatic

#747023 #A39D31 #C8C249 #D6D278 #E4E2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C8C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#C8C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C249

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C249	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.141 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd481',
    500: '#c8c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c249;
$custom-light: #dcd481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79639,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C249

secondary

#393C7D

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C249

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

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