#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
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -14.96, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 67.36, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0478 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.153 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5767, 52.5291, 11.9278)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C8C53B	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C8C53B

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

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