#C8C356#C8C356

#C8C356 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.131 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C356
RGB	rgb(200, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -12.29, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 55.63, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0374 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.131 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0156, 51.9828, 16.4647)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C356 #565BC8

analogous

#C88A56 #C8C356 #94C856

triadic

#C8C356 #56C8C3 #C356C8

tetradic

#C8C356 #56C88A #565BC8 #C85694

square

#C8C356 #56C88A #565BC8 #C85694

split-complementary

#C8C356 #5694C8 #8A56C8

monochromatic

#7B7828 #AAA537 #C8C356 #D7D384 #E6E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8C356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#C8C356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C356

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C356	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.131 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd489',
    500: '#c8c356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c356;
$custom-light: #dbd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79981,
    "c": 0.13101,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C356

secondary

#3F4284

accent

#54DA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C356

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

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