#C8C544#C8C544

#C8C544 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.147 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C544
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -14.48, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 63.99, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0455 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.147 108)
XYZ	xyz(44.8306, 52.6306, 13.2649)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C544 #4447C8

analogous

#C88344 #C8C544 #89C844

triadic

#C8C544 #44C8C5 #C544C8

tetradic

#C8C544 #44C883 #4447C8 #C84489

square

#C8C544 #44C883 #4447C8 #C84489

split-complementary

#C8C544 #4489C8 #8344C8

monochromatic

#716F21 #A09D2F #C8C544 #D6D473 #E4E2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8C544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#C8C544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C544

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C544	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.147 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd67f',
    500: '#c8c544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c544;
$custom-light: #dcd67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8024,
    "c": 0.14736,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.52629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C544

secondary

#36387A

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C544

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

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