#C8C481#C8C481

#C8C481 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.087 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C481
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 35.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -8.66, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 35.26, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.023 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.087 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5224, 53.3452, 28.5579)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C481 #8185C8

analogous

#C8A181 #C8C481 #A9C881

triadic

#C8C481 #81C8C4 #C481C8

tetradic

#C8C481 #81C8A1 #8185C8 #C881A9

square

#C8C481 #81C8A1 #8185C8 #C881A9

split-complementary

#C8C481 #81A9C8 #A181C8

monochromatic

#908B3F #B5B056 #C8C481 #DBD8AC #EDECD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8C481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#C8C481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C481

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C481	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBF7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.087 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad5a6',
    500: '#c8c481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c481;
$custom-light: #dad5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 39.227,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80798,
    "c": 0.08733,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C481

secondary

#565A97

accent

#3AB233

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C481

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

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