#C8C340#C8C340

#C8C340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.148 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C340
RGB	rgb(200, 195, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -13.69, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 64.78, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0437 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.148 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2616, 51.6812, 12.4934)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C340 #4045C8

analogous

#C87F40 #C8C340 #89C840

triadic

#C8C340 #40C8C3 #C340C8

tetradic

#C8C340 #40C87F #4045C8 #C84089

square

#C8C340 #40C87F #4045C8 #C84089

split-complementary

#C8C340 #4089C8 #7F40C8

monochromatic

#6E6B20 #9D992D #C8C340 #D6D270 #E3E19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C8C340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#C8C340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C340

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C340	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 195, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.148 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd47c',
    500: '#c8c340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c340;
$custom-light: #dcd47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79779,
    "c": 0.14816,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C340

secondary

#353777

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C340

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

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