#C8C440#C8C440

#C8C440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.149 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C440
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -14.20, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 65.15, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0452 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.149 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4864, 52.1308, 12.5684)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C440 #4044C8

analogous

#C88040 #C8C440 #88C840

triadic

#C8C440 #40C8C4 #C440C8

tetradic

#C8C440 #40C880 #4044C8 #C84088

square

#C8C440 #40C880 #4044C8 #C84088

split-complementary

#C8C440 #4088C8 #8040C8

monochromatic

#6E6C20 #9D9A2D #C8C440 #D6D370 #E3E19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8C440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#C8C440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C440

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C440	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.149 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd57d',
    500: '#c8c440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c440;
$custom-light: #dcd57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79994,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C440

secondary

#353777

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C440

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

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