#C8C43A#C8C43A

#C8C43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.153 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C43A
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -14.50, 65.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 67.35, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0466 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.153 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3247, 52.0662, 11.7171)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C43A #3A3EC8

analogous

#C87D3A #C8C43A #85C83A

triadic

#C8C43A #3AC8C4 #C43AC8

tetradic

#C8C43A #3AC87D #3A3EC8 #C83A85

square

#C8C43A #3AC87D #3A3EC8 #C83A85

split-complementary

#C8C43A #3A85C8 #7D3AC8

monochromatic

#6A681E #9A972B #C8C43A #D5D26A #E3E19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8C43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#C8C43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C43A

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C43A	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)

#D4BC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.153 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd579',
    500: '#c8c43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c43a;
$custom-light: #dcd579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7995,
    "c": 0.15298,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C43A

secondary

#323474

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C43A

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

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