#C8C560#C8C560

#C8C560 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.124 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C560
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 52%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -12.51, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 51.90, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0369 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.124 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8982, 53.0576, 18.8874)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C560 #6063C8

analogous

#C89160 #C8C560 #97C860

triadic

#C8C560 #60C8C5 #C560C8

tetradic

#C8C560 #60C891 #6063C8 #C86097

square

#C8C560 #60C891 #6063C8 #C86097

split-complementary

#C8C560 #6097C8 #9160C8

monochromatic

#817F2D #AEAB3C #C8C560 #D8D68D #E7E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#C8C560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C560

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C560	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.124 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd690',
    500: '#c8c560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c560;
$custom-light: #dbd690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.269,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80522,
    "c": 0.12392,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C560

secondary

#434589

accent

#54D850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C560

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

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