#C8C43E#C8C43E

#C8C43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.150 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C43E
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -14.31, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 65.90, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0457 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.15 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4305, 52.1085, 12.2740)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C43E #3E42C8

analogous

#C87F3E #C8C43E #87C83E

triadic

#C8C43E #3EC8C4 #C43EC8

tetradic

#C8C43E #3EC87F #3E42C8 #C83E87

square

#C8C43E #3EC87F #3E42C8 #C83E87

split-complementary

#C8C43E #3E87C8 #7F3EC8

monochromatic

#6D6A1F #9C992D #C8C43E #D6D36E #E3E19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8C43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#C8C43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C43E

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C43E	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.150 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd57b',
    500: '#c8c43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c43e;
$custom-light: #dcd57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79979,
    "c": 0.15046,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C43E

secondary

#343676

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C43E

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

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