#C8C55D#C8C55D

#C8C55D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.127 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C55D
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -12.76, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 53.29, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.038 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.127 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7627, 53.0034, 18.1739)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C55D #5D60C8

analogous

#C8905D #C8C55D #95C85D

triadic

#C8C55D #5DC8C5 #C55DC8

tetradic

#C8C55D #5DC890 #5D60C8 #C85D95

square

#C8C55D #5DC890 #5D60C8 #C85D95

split-complementary

#C8C55D #5D95C8 #905DC8

monochromatic

#7F7D2B #ADAA3B #C8C55D #D8D58B #E7E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C8C55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C55D

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C55D	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.127 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd68e',
    500: '#c8c55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c55d;
$custom-light: #dbd68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.318,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80486,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C55D

secondary

#424487

accent

#53D94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C55D

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

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