#C8C366#C8C366

#C8C366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.116 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C366
RGB	rgb(200, 195, 102)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 49%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -10.96, 46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 48.21, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0319 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.116 106)
XYZ	xyz(45.7339, 52.2702, 20.2478)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C366 #666BC8

analogous

#C89266 #C8C366 #9CC866

triadic

#C8C366 #66C8C3 #C366C8

tetradic

#C8C366 #66C892 #666BC8 #C8669C

square

#C8C366 #66C892 #666BC8 #C8669C

split-complementary

#C8C366 #669CC8 #9266C8

monochromatic

#84802F #B1AB40 #C8C366 #D8D593 #E8E6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C8C366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#C8C366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C366

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C366	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 195, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.116 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd594',
    500: '#c8c366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c366;
$custom-light: #dbd594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.939,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80173,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.52269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C366

secondary

#464A8C

accent

#58D751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C366

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

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