#C8C253#C8C253

#C8C253 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.133 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C253
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -12.00, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 56.56, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0369 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.133 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6740, 51.4889, 15.7670)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C253 #5359C8

analogous

#C88753 #C8C253 #93C853

triadic

#C8C253 #53C8C2 #C253C8

tetradic

#C8C253 #53C887 #5359C8 #C85393

square

#C8C253 #53C887 #5359C8 #C85393

split-complementary

#C8C253 #5393C8 #8753C8

monochromatic

#7A7527 #A8A236 #C8C253 #D7D281 #E6E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C8C253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C8C253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C253

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C253	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.133 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd487',
    500: '#c8c253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c253;
$custom-light: #dbd487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79736,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C253

secondary

#3D4182

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C253

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

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