#C8C24E#C8C24E

#C8C24E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.137 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C24E
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -12.34, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 58.73, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0384 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.137 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4878, 51.4144, 14.7868)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C24E #4E54C8

analogous

#C8854E #C8C24E #91C84E

triadic

#C8C24E #4EC8C2 #C24EC8

tetradic

#C8C24E #4EC885 #4E54C8 #C84E91

square

#C8C24E #4EC885 #4E54C8 #C84E91

split-complementary

#C8C24E #4E91C8 #854EC8

monochromatic

#777325 #A5A033 #C8C24E #D7D27D #E5E2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C8C24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C8C24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C24E

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C24E	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.137 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd484',
    500: '#c8c24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c24e;
$custom-light: #dcd484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79686,
    "c": 0.13677,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C24E

secondary

#3B3E7F

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C24E

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

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