#C8C33B#C8C33B

#C8C33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.151 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C33B
RGB	rgb(200, 195, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -13.95, 65.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 66.63, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.045 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.151 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1256, 51.6268, 11.7774)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C33B #3B40C8

analogous

#C87C3B #C8C33B #87C83B

triadic

#C8C33B #3BC8C3 #C33BC8

tetradic

#C8C33B #3BC87C #3B40C8 #C83B87

square

#C8C33B #3BC87C #3B40C8 #C83B87

split-complementary

#C8C33B #3B87C8 #7C3BC8

monochromatic

#6B681E #9A972B #C8C33B #D5D26B #E3E09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C8C33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#C8C33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C33B

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C33B	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 195, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.151 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd47a',
    500: '#c8c33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c33b;
$custom-light: #dcd47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.872,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79743,
    "c": 0.15141,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C33B

secondary

#333574

accent

#4EDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C33B

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

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