#C8C362#C8C362

#C8C362 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.120 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C362
RGB	rgb(200, 195, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -11.32, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 50.11, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0333 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.12 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5403, 52.1927, 19.2282)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C362 #6267C8

analogous

#C89062 #C8C362 #9AC862

triadic

#C8C362 #62C8C3 #C362C8

tetradic

#C8C362 #62C890 #6267C8 #C8629A

square

#C8C362 #62C890 #6267C8 #C8629A

split-complementary

#C8C362 #629AC8 #9062C8

monochromatic

#827E2E #AFAA3D #C8C362 #D8D48F #E8E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8C362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#C8C362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C362

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C362	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 195, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.120 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd591',
    500: '#c8c362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c362;
$custom-light: #dbd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80121,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C362

secondary

#44488A

accent

#57D850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C362

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

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