#C8C53A#C8C53A

#C8C53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.154 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C8C53A
RGBrgb(200, 197, 58)
HSLhsl(59, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(59, 71%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.5%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(77.59, -15.01, 66.03)
CIE-LCHlch(77.59, 67.71, 102.81°)
OKLaboklab(80.17% -0.048 0.1463)
OKLCHoklch(80.17% 0.154 108.2)
XYZxyz(44.5510, 52.5188, 11.7925)
Luminance0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C8C53A #3A3DC8
analogous
#C87E3A #C8C53A #84C83A
triadic
#C8C53A #3AC8C5 #C53AC8
tetradic
#C8C53A #3AC87E #3A3DC8 #C83A84
square
#C8C53A #3AC87E #3A3DC8 #C83A84
split-complementary
#C8C53A #3A84C8 #7E3AC8
monochromatic
#6A681E #9A982B #C8C53A #D5D36A #E3E19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#C8C53A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50
#C8C53A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C53A
11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C8C53A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C8C53A1.001.8311.5011.50
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5021.001.001.00
##00000011.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BD21
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C244
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6B8AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c8c53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.154 108.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd679',
    500: '#c8c53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c8c53a;
$custom-light: #dcd679;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c8c53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.732,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80166,
    "c": 0.15394,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C8C53A
secondary
#323474
accent
#4BE048
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#16140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C8C53A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva