#C8C262#C8C262

#C8C262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.119 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C262
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -10.81, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 49.69, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0319 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.119 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3170, 51.7461, 19.1537)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C262 #6268C8

analogous

#C88F62 #C8C262 #9BC862

triadic

#C8C262 #62C8C2 #C262C8

tetradic

#C8C262 #62C88F #6268C8 #C8629B

square

#C8C262 #62C88F #6268C8 #C8629B

split-complementary

#C8C262 #629BC8 #8F62C8

monochromatic

#827D2E #AFA93D #C8C262 #D8D48F #E8E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C8C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C8C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C262

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C262	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)

#D0BC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.119 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd491',
    500: '#c8c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c262;
$custom-light: #dbd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79909,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C262

secondary

#44488A

accent

#58D850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C262

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

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