#C8C53D#C8C53D

#C8C53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.152 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C53D
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -14.86, 64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 66.64, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0473 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.152 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6296, 52.5502, 12.2063)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C53D #3D40C8

analogous

#C87F3D #C8C53D #85C83D

triadic

#C8C53D #3DC8C5 #C53DC8

tetradic

#C8C53D #3DC87F #3D40C8 #C83D85

square

#C8C53D #3DC87F #3D40C8 #C83D85

split-complementary

#C8C53D #3D85C8 #7F3DC8

monochromatic

#6C6A1F #9C992C #C8C53D #D6D36D #E3E29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8C53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#C8C53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C53D

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C53D	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)

#D5BD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.152 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd67b',
    500: '#c8c53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c53d;
$custom-light: #dcd67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80186,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C53D

secondary

#343576

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C53D

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

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