#C8C52D#C8C52D

#C8C52D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.161 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C52D
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 77.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -15.55, 70.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 71.92, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.0507 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.161 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2611, 52.4028, 10.2654)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C52D #2D30C8

analogous

#C8782D #C8C52D #7DC82D

triadic

#C8C52D #2DC8C5 #C52DC8

tetradic

#C8C52D #2DC878 #2D30C8 #C82D7D

square

#C8C52D #2DC878 #2D30C8 #C82D7D

split-complementary

#C8C52D #2D7DC8 #782DC8

monochromatic

#646317 #969422 #C8C52D #DAD759 #E5E38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C8C52D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#C8C52D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C52D

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C52D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C52D	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c52d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.161 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd673',
    500: '#c8c52d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c52d;
$custom-light: #ddd673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c52d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.839,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80089,
    "c": 0.161,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C52D

secondary

#2B2C6F

accent

#45E641

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C52D

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

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