#C8C52F#C8C52F

#C8C52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.160 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C52F
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 76.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -15.48, 69.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 71.32, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0503 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.16 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3005, 52.4186, 10.4730)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C52F #2F32C8

analogous

#C8792F #C8C52F #7EC82F

triadic

#C8C52F #2FC8C5 #C52FC8

tetradic

#C8C52F #2FC879 #2F32C8 #C82F7E

square

#C8C52F #2FC879 #2F32C8 #C82F7E

split-complementary

#C8C52F #2F7EC8 #792FC8

monochromatic

#656318 #969423 #C8C52F #D9D65C #E4E38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C8C52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#C8C52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C52F

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C52F	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)

#D6BD03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.160 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd674',
    500: '#c8c52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c52f;
$custom-light: #ddd674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80099,
    "c": 0.16003,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C52F

secondary

#2C2D6F

accent

#46E543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C52F

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

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