#C8C357#C8C357

#C8C357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.130 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C357
RGB	rgb(200, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -12.21, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 55.19, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.037 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.13 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0562, 51.9991, 16.6784)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C357 #575CC8

analogous

#C88B57 #C8C357 #95C857

triadic

#C8C357 #57C8C3 #C357C8

tetradic

#C8C357 #57C88B #575CC8 #C85795

square

#C8C357 #57C88B #575CC8 #C85795

split-complementary

#C8C357 #5795C8 #8B57C8

monochromatic

#7C7829 #AAA538 #C8C357 #D7D385 #E6E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#C8C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C357

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C357	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)

#D2BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.130 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd48a',
    500: '#c8c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c357;
$custom-light: #dbd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.345,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79992,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C357

secondary

#3F4284

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C357

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

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