#C8C552#C8C552

#C8C552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.137 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C552
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -13.59, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 58.21, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0415 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.137 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3101, 52.8224, 15.7900)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C552 #5255C8

analogous

#C88A52 #C8C552 #90C852

triadic

#C8C552 #52C8C5 #C552C8

tetradic

#C8C552 #52C88A #5255C8 #C85290

square

#C8C552 #52C88A #5255C8 #C85290

split-complementary

#C8C552 #5290C8 #8A52C8

monochromatic

#797727 #A8A535 #C8C552 #D7D580 #E6E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C8C552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#C8C552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C552

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C552	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.137 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd687',
    500: '#c8c552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c552;
$custom-light: #dbd687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.475,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80367,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C552

secondary

#3D3E82

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C552

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

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