#C8C345#C8C345

#C8C345 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	#C8C345
RGB	rgb(200, 195, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -13.41, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 62.83, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0424 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.145 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4103, 51.7407, 13.2767)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C345 #454AC8

analogous

#C88145 #C8C345 #8BC845

triadic

#C8C345 #45C8C3 #C345C8

tetradic

#C8C345 #45C881 #454AC8 #C8458B

square

#C8C345 #45C881 #454AC8 #C8458B

split-complementary

#C8C345 #458BC8 #8145C8

monochromatic

#716E21 #A09C2F #C8C345 #D6D274 #E4E1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C8C345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C8C345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C345

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C345	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)

#D3BC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 195, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.145 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd47f',
    500: '#c8c345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c345;
$custom-light: #dcd47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79819,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C345

secondary

#37397A

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C345

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

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