#C8C444#C8C444

#C8C444 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.146 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C444
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -13.98, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 63.61, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0441 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.146 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6043, 52.1780, 13.1895)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C444 #4448C8

analogous

#C88244 #C8C444 #8AC844

triadic

#C8C444 #44C8C4 #C444C8

tetradic

#C8C444 #44C882 #4448C8 #C8448A

square

#C8C444 #44C882 #4448C8 #C8448A

split-complementary

#C8C444 #448AC8 #8244C8

monochromatic

#716E21 #A09C2F #C8C444 #D6D373 #E4E2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8C444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#C8C444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C444

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C444	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.146 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd57f',
    500: '#c8c444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c444;
$custom-light: #dcd57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80025,
    "c": 0.14637,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C444

secondary

#36397A

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C444

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

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