#C8C474#C8C474

#C8C474 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.102 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C474
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 116)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -10.11, 40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 41.81, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0281 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.102 106)
XYZ	xyz(46.7126, 53.0213, 24.2930)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C474 #7478C8

analogous

#C89A74 #C8C474 #A2C874

triadic

#C8C474 #74C8C4 #C474C8

tetradic

#C8C474 #74C89A #7478C8 #C874A2

square

#C8C474 #74C89A #7478C8 #C874A2

split-complementary

#C8C474 #74A2C8 #9A74C8

monochromatic

#8B8737 #B7B148 #C8C474 #D9D7A0 #EBE9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C8C474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C474

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C474	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BE6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.102 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad59d',
    500: '#c8c474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c474;
$custom-light: #dad59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80585,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.5302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C474

secondary

#4E5192

accent

#36B62F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C474

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

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