#C8C447#C8C447

#C8C447 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.144 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C447
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 71)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -13.80, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 62.42, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0433 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.144 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6982, 52.2156, 13.6841)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C447 #474BC8

analogous

#C88447 #C8C447 #8BC847

triadic

#C8C447 #47C8C4 #C447C8

tetradic

#C8C447 #47C884 #474BC8 #C8478B

square

#C8C447 #47C884 #474BC8 #C8478B

split-complementary

#C8C447 #478BC8 #8447C8

monochromatic

#727022 #A29E30 #C8C447 #D6D376 #E4E2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C8C447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#C8C447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C447

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C447	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)

#D4BD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.144 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd580',
    500: '#c8c447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c447;
$custom-light: #dcd580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8005,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C447

secondary

#383A7B

accent

#4FDD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C447

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

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