#C8C439#C8C439

#C8C439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.154 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C439
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -14.55, 66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 67.70, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0468 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.154 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2995, 52.0561, 11.5844)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C439 #393DC8

analogous

#C87D39 #C8C439 #84C839

triadic

#C8C439 #39C8C4 #C439C8

tetradic

#C8C439 #39C87D #393DC8 #C83984

square

#C8C439 #39C87D #393DC8 #C83984

split-complementary

#C8C439 #3984C8 #7D39C8

monochromatic

#69671D #99962B #C8C439 #D5D269 #E3E199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8C439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#C8C439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C439

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C439	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.154 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd579',
    500: '#c8c439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c439;
$custom-light: #dcd579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.322,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79944,
    "c": 0.15359,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C439

secondary

#323473

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C439

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

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