#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
RGBrgb(200, 195, 86)
HSLhsl(57, 51%, 56%)
HSVhsv(57, 57%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(77.27, -12.29, 54.26)
CIE-LCHlch(77.27, 55.63, 102.76°)
OKLaboklab(79.98% -0.0374 0.1256)
OKLCHoklch(79.98% 0.131 106.6)
XYZxyz(45.0156, 51.9828, 16.4647)
Luminance0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##C8C3561.001.8411.4011.40
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4021.001.001.00
##00000011.4021.001.001.00

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

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#C8C356 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva