#C8C449#C8C449

#C8C449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.143 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C449
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -13.68, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 61.60, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0428 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.143 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7635, 52.2417, 14.0277)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C449 #494DC8

analogous

#C88449 #C8C449 #8CC849

triadic

#C8C449 #49C8C4 #C449C8

tetradic

#C8C449 #49C884 #494DC8 #C8498C

square

#C8C449 #49C884 #494DC8 #C8498C

split-complementary

#C8C449 #498CC8 #8449C8

monochromatic

#747123 #A39F31 #C8C449 #D6D378 #E4E2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C8C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#C8C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C449

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C449	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)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.143 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd582',
    500: '#c8c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c449;
$custom-light: #dcd582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80067,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C449

secondary

#393B7D

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C449

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

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