#C8C261#C8C261

#C8C261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.120 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C261
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -10.89, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 50.17, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0322 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.12 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2701, 51.7273, 18.9066)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C261 #6167C8

analogous

#C88E61 #C8C261 #9AC861

triadic

#C8C261 #61C8C2 #C261C8

tetradic

#C8C261 #61C88E #6167C8 #C8619A

square

#C8C261 #61C88E #6167C8 #C8619A

split-complementary

#C8C261 #619AC8 #8E61C8

monochromatic

#827D2D #AFA83D #C8C261 #D8D48E #E8E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C8C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C8C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C261

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C261	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.120 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd490',
    500: '#c8c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c261;
$custom-light: #dbd490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.505,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79896,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C261

secondary

#444889

accent

#58D850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C261

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

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