#C8C549#C8C549

#C8C549 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	#C8C549
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -14.19, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 61.99, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.0442 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.144 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9898, 52.6943, 14.1031)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C549 #494CC8

analogous

#C88549 #C8C549 #8BC849

triadic

#C8C549 #49C8C5 #C549C8

tetradic

#C8C549 #49C885 #494CC8 #C8498B

square

#C8C549 #49C885 #494CC8 #C8498B

split-complementary

#C8C549 #498BC8 #8549C8

monochromatic

#747223 #A3A031 #C8C549 #D6D478 #E4E3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8C549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#C8C549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C549

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C549	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)

#D5BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.144 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd682',
    500: '#c8c549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c549;
$custom-light: #dcd682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80282,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C549

secondary

#393A7D

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C549

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

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