#C8C555#C8C555

#C8C555 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.134 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C555
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -13.37, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 56.89, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0406 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.134 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4267, 52.8691, 16.4044)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C555 #5558C8

analogous

#C88B55 #C8C555 #91C855

triadic

#C8C555 #55C8C5 #C555C8

tetradic

#C8C555 #55C88B #5558C8 #C85591

square

#C8C555 #55C88B #5558C8 #C85591

split-complementary

#C8C555 #5591C8 #8B55C8

monochromatic

#7B7928 #A9A637 #C8C555 #D7D583 #E6E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#C8C555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C555

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C555	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)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.134 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd689',
    500: '#c8c555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c555;
$custom-light: #dbd689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80398,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C555

secondary

#3E4083

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C555

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

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