#C8C546#C8C546

#C8C546 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.146 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C546
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -14.37, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 63.20, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.045 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.146 108)
XYZ	xyz(44.8927, 52.6554, 13.5919)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C546 #4649C8

analogous

#C88446 #C8C546 #8AC846

triadic

#C8C546 #46C8C5 #C546C8

tetradic

#C8C546 #46C884 #4649C8 #C8468A

square

#C8C546 #46C884 #4649C8 #C8468A

split-complementary

#C8C546 #468AC8 #8446C8

monochromatic

#727022 #A19E30 #C8C546 #D6D475 #E4E3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8C546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#C8C546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C546

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C546	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)

#D5BD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.146 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd680',
    500: '#c8c546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c546;
$custom-light: #dcd680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80256,
    "c": 0.14592,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.52654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C546

secondary

#37397B

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C546

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

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