#C8C45F#C8C45F

#C8C45F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.124 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C45F
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 52.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -12.08, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 51.94, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0358 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.124 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6261, 52.5867, 18.5711)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C45F #5F63C8

analogous

#C88F5F #C8C45F #98C85F

triadic

#C8C45F #5FC8C4 #C45FC8

tetradic

#C8C45F #5FC88F #5F63C8 #C85F98

square

#C8C45F #5FC88F #5F63C8 #C85F98

split-complementary

#C8C45F #5F98C8 #8F5FC8

monochromatic

#807D2C #AEAA3C #C8C45F #D8D58D #E7E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8C45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#C8C45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C45F

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C45F	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.124 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd58f',
    500: '#c8c45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c45f;
$custom-light: #dbd58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.714,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80297,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C45F

secondary

#434688

accent

#55D84F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C45F

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

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