#C8C548#C8C548

#C8C548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.144 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C548
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -14.25, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 62.40, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0445 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.144 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9569, 52.6811, 13.9299)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C548 #484BC8

analogous

#C88548 #C8C548 #8BC848

triadic

#C8C548 #48C8C5 #C548C8

tetradic

#C8C548 #48C885 #484BC8 #C8488B

square

#C8C548 #48C885 #484BC8 #C8488B

split-complementary

#C8C548 #488BC8 #8548C8

monochromatic

#737123 #A29F31 #C8C548 #D6D477 #E4E3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8C548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#C8C548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C548

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C548	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.144 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd681',
    500: '#c8c548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c548;
$custom-light: #dcd681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80273,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C548

secondary

#383A7C

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C548

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

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