#C8C545#C8C545

#C8C545 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	#C8C545
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -14.43, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 63.60, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0453 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.147 108)
XYZ	xyz(44.8614, 52.6429, 13.4270)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C545 #4548C8

analogous

#C88345 #C8C545 #89C845

triadic

#C8C545 #45C8C5 #C545C8

tetradic

#C8C545 #45C883 #4548C8 #C84589

square

#C8C545 #45C883 #4548C8 #C84589

split-complementary

#C8C545 #4589C8 #8345C8

monochromatic

#716F21 #A09E2F #C8C545 #D6D474 #E4E2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8C545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#C8C545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C545

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C545	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)

#D5BD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.147 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd67f',
    500: '#c8c545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c545;
$custom-light: #dcd67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80248,
    "c": 0.14664,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.52642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C545

secondary

#37387A

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C545

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

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