#C8C53C#C8C53C

#C8C53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.153 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C8C53C
RGBrgb(200, 197, 60)
HSLhsl(59, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(59, 70%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.5%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(77.60, -14.91, 65.32)
CIE-LCHlch(77.60, 67.00, 102.86°)
OKLaboklab(80.18% -0.0476 0.1451)
OKLCHoklch(80.18% 0.153 108.1)
XYZxyz(44.6029, 52.5395, 12.0657)
Luminance0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C8C53C #3C3FC8
analogous
#C87F3C #C8C53C #85C83C
triadic
#C8C53C #3CC8C5 #C53CC8
tetradic
#C8C53C #3CC87F #3C3FC8 #C83C85
square
#C8C53C #3CC87F #3C3FC8 #C83C85
split-complementary
#C8C53C #3C85C8 #7F3CC8
monochromatic
#6B6A1E #9B992C #C8C53C #D5D36C #E3E19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82
#C8C53C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51
#C8C53C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C53C
11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C8C53C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C8C53C1.001.8211.5111.51
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5121.001.001.00
##00000011.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BD25
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C246
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6B8AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c8c53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.153 108.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd67a',
    500: '#c8c53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c8c53c;
$custom-light: #dcd67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c8c53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80179,
    "c": 0.15271,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C8C53C
secondary
#333575
accent
#4CDF49
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C8C53C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva