#C8C540#C8C540

#C8C540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.150 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C540
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -14.70, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 65.53, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0466 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.15 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7127, 52.5834, 12.6438)
Luminance	0.5258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C540 #4043C8

analogous

#C88140 #C8C540 #87C840

triadic

#C8C540 #40C8C5 #C540C8

tetradic

#C8C540 #40C881 #4043C8 #C84087

square

#C8C540 #40C881 #4043C8 #C84087

split-complementary

#C8C540 #4087C8 #8140C8

monochromatic

#6E6C20 #9D9B2D #C8C540 #D6D370 #E3E29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8C540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#C8C540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C540

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C540	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.150 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd67d',
    500: '#c8c540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c540;
$custom-light: #dcd67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80208,
    "c": 0.15011,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C540

secondary

#353677

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C540

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

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