#C8C430#C8C430

#C8C430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.159 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C430
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 48)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 76%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -14.94, 69.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 70.67, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0487 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.159 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0946, 51.9741, 10.5050)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C430 #3034C8

analogous

#C87830 #C8C430 #80C830

triadic

#C8C430 #30C8C4 #C430C8

tetradic

#C8C430 #30C878 #3034C8 #C83080

square

#C8C430 #30C878 #3034C8 #C83080

split-complementary

#C8C430 #3080C8 #7830C8

monochromatic

#656318 #979424 #C8C430 #D8D55D #E4E28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8C430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#C8C430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C430

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C430	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.159 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd574',
    500: '#c8c430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c430;
$custom-light: #ddd574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79889,
    "c": 0.15859,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C430

secondary

#2D2E70

accent

#48E443

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C430

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

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