#C8C272#C8C272

#C8C272 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.102 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C272
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -9.29, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 41.92, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0259 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.102 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1494, 52.0790, 23.5376)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C272 #7278C8

analogous

#C89772 #C8C272 #A3C872

triadic

#C8C272 #72C8C2 #C272C8

tetradic

#C8C272 #72C897 #7278C8 #C872A3

square

#C8C272 #72C897 #7278C8 #C872A3

split-complementary

#C8C272 #72A3C8 #9772C8

monochromatic

#8A8436 #B6AE47 #C8C272 #D9D59E #EAE8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8C272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#C8C272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C272

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C272	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.102 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad49c',
    500: '#c8c272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c272;
$custom-light: #dad49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80132,
    "c": 0.10214,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C272

secondary

#4D5291

accent

#38B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C272

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

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