#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
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -14.91, 65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 67.00, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0476 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.153 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6029, 52.5395, 12.0657)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C8C53C	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	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)

#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

Preview with #C8C53C

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

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