#C8C477#C8C477

#C8C477 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.099 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C477
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 119)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 40.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -9.79, 39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 40.32, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.027 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.099 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8899, 53.0922, 25.2270)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C477 #777BC8

analogous

#C89B77 #C8C477 #A3C877

triadic

#C8C477 #77C8C4 #C477C8

tetradic

#C8C477 #77C89B #777BC8 #C877A3

square

#C8C477 #77C89B #777BC8 #C877A3

split-complementary

#C8C477 #77A3C8 #9B77C8

monochromatic

#8C8839 #B6B14B #C8C477 #DAD7A3 #EBEACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#C8C477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C477

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C477	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BF71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.099 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad59f',
    500: '#c8c477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c477;
$custom-light: #dad59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.037,
    "s": 42.408,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80632,
    "c": 0.09883,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C477

secondary

#505393

accent

#37B530

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C477

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

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