#C8C459#C8C459

#C8C459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.129 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C459
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -12.57, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 54.69, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0378 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.129 107)
XYZ	xyz(45.3638, 52.4818, 17.1896)
Luminance	0.5248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C459 #595DC8

analogous

#C88D59 #C8C459 #95C859

triadic

#C8C459 #59C8C4 #C459C8

tetradic

#C8C459 #59C88D #595DC8 #C85995

square

#C8C459 #59C88D #595DC8 #C85995

split-complementary

#C8C459 #5995C8 #8D59C8

monochromatic

#7D7A29 #ABA739 #C8C459 #D7D487 #E6E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C8C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#C8C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C459

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C459	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.129 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd58b',
    500: '#c8c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c459;
$custom-light: #dbd58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.838,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80227,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.5248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C459

secondary

#404285

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C459

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

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