#C8C448#C8C448

#C8C448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.143 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C448
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -13.74, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 62.01, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.043 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.143 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7306, 52.2285, 13.8545)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C448 #484CC8

analogous

#C88448 #C8C448 #8CC848

triadic

#C8C448 #48C8C4 #C448C8

tetradic

#C8C448 #48C884 #484CC8 #C8488C

square

#C8C448 #48C884 #484CC8 #C8488C

split-complementary

#C8C448 #488CC8 #8448C8

monochromatic

#737123 #A29F31 #C8C448 #D6D377 #E4E2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C8C448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#C8C448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C448

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C448	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.143 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd581',
    500: '#c8c448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c448;
$custom-light: #dcd581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80059,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C448

secondary

#383A7C

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C448

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

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