#C8C280#C8C280

#C8C280 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.086 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C280
RGB	rgb(200, 194, 128)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 36%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -7.75, 33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 34.86, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0204 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.086 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0081, 52.4225, 28.0602)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C280 #8086C8

analogous

#C89E80 #C8C280 #AAC880

triadic

#C8C280 #80C8C2 #C280C8

tetradic

#C8C280 #80C89E #8086C8 #C880AA

square

#C8C280 #80C89E #8086C8 #C880AA

split-complementary

#C8C280 #80AAC8 #9E80C8

monochromatic

#8F893E #B6AD55 #C8C280 #DAD7AB #EDEBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C8C280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#C8C280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C280

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C280	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBD7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 194, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.086 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad4a5',
    500: '#c8c280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c280;
$custom-light: #dad4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 39.56,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80361,
    "c": 0.08623,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C280

secondary

#555B97

accent

#3EB333

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C280

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

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