#C8C53E#C8C53E

#C8C53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.151 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C53E
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -14.81, 64.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 66.27, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0471 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.151 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6568, 52.5611, 12.3494)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C53E #3E41C8

analogous

#C8803E #C8C53E #86C83E

triadic

#C8C53E #3EC8C5 #C53EC8

tetradic

#C8C53E #3EC880 #3E41C8 #C83E86

square

#C8C53E #3EC880 #3E41C8 #C83E86

split-complementary

#C8C53E #3E86C8 #803EC8

monochromatic

#6D6B1F #9C9A2D #C8C53E #D6D36E #E3E29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8C53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#C8C53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C53E

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C53E	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)

#D5BD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.151 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd67c',
    500: '#c8c53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c53e;
$custom-light: #dcd67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80194,
    "c": 0.15142,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C53E

secondary

#343576

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C53E

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

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