#C8C476#C8C476

#C8C476 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.100 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C476
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 118)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 41%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -9.90, 39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 40.82, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0273 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.1 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8302, 53.0683, 24.9123)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C476 #767AC8

analogous

#C89B76 #C8C476 #A3C876

triadic

#C8C476 #76C8C4 #C476C8

tetradic

#C8C476 #76C89B #767AC8 #C876A3

square

#C8C476 #76C89B #767AC8 #C876A3

split-complementary

#C8C476 #76A3C8 #9B76C8

monochromatic

#8C8738 #B6B14A #C8C476 #DAD7A2 #EBEACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C476 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#C8C476 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C476

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C476	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C476	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BF70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c476;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.100 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad59f',
    500: '#c8c476',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c476;
$custom-light: #dad59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c476",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 42.708,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80616,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C476

secondary

#4F5393

accent

#36B630

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C476

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

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