#C8C554#C8C554

#C8C554 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.135 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C554
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 84)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 58%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -13.45, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 57.33, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0409 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.135 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3873, 52.8533, 16.1966)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C554 #5457C8

analogous

#C88B54 #C8C554 #91C854

triadic

#C8C554 #54C8C5 #C554C8

tetradic

#C8C554 #54C88B #5457C8 #C85491

square

#C8C554 #54C88B #5457C8 #C85491

split-complementary

#C8C554 #5491C8 #8B54C8

monochromatic

#7A7827 #A9A636 #C8C554 #D7D582 #E6E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#C8C554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C554

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C554	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.135 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd688',
    500: '#c8c554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c554;
$custom-light: #dbd688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80387,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C554

secondary

#3E3F83

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C554

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

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