#C8C53B#C8C53B

#C8C53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.153 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C8C53B
RGBrgb(200, 197, 59)
HSLhsl(59, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(59, 71%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(77.60, -14.96, 65.68)
CIE-LCHlch(77.60, 67.36, 102.83°)
OKLaboklab(80.17% -0.0478 0.1457)
OKLCHoklch(80.17% 0.153 108.2)
XYZxyz(44.5767, 52.5291, 11.9278)
Luminance0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C8C53B #3B3EC8
analogous
#C87E3B #C8C53B #85C83B
triadic
#C8C53B #3BC8C5 #C53BC8
tetradic
#C8C53B #3BC87E #3B3EC8 #C83B85
square
#C8C53B #3BC87E #3B3EC8 #C83B85
split-complementary
#C8C53B #3B85C8 #7E3BC8
monochromatic
#6B691E #9A982B #C8C53B #D5D36B #E3E19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#C8C53B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51
#C8C53B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C53B
11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C8C53B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C8C53B1.001.8311.5111.51
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5121.001.001.00
##00000011.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BD23
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C245
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6B8AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c8c53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.153 108.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd67a',
    500: '#c8c53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c8c53b;
$custom-light: #dcd67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c8c53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80172,
    "c": 0.15333,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C8C53B
secondary
#333474
accent
#4CDF48
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C8C53B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva