#C8C344#C8C344

#C8C344 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.145 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C344
RGB	rgb(200, 195, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -13.47, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 63.23, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0427 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.145 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3795, 51.7284, 13.1146)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C344 #4449C8

analogous

#C88144 #C8C344 #8BC844

triadic

#C8C344 #44C8C3 #C344C8

tetradic

#C8C344 #44C881 #4449C8 #C8448B

square

#C8C344 #44C881 #4449C8 #C8448B

split-complementary

#C8C344 #448BC8 #8144C8

monochromatic

#716E21 #A09C2F #C8C344 #D6D273 #E4E1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C8C344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C8C344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C344

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C344	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)

#D3BC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 195, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.145 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd47f',
    500: '#c8c344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c344;
$custom-light: #dcd47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79811,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C344

secondary

#36397A

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C344

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

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