#C8C353#C8C353

#C8C353 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.134 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C353
RGB	rgb(200, 195, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -12.51, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 56.96, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0383 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.134 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8973, 51.9355, 15.8415)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C353 #5358C8

analogous

#C88853 #C8C353 #92C853

triadic

#C8C353 #53C8C3 #C353C8

tetradic

#C8C353 #53C888 #5358C8 #C85392

square

#C8C353 #53C888 #5358C8 #C85392

split-complementary

#C8C353 #5392C8 #8853C8

monochromatic

#7A7627 #A8A336 #C8C353 #D7D381 #E6E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8C353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#C8C353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C353

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C353	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 195, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.134 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd488',
    500: '#c8c353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c353;
$custom-light: #dbd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79949,
    "c": 0.13361,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C353

secondary

#3D4082

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C353

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

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