#C8C563#C8C563

#C8C563 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.121 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C563
RGB	rgb(200, 197, 99)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 50.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -12.25, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 50.50, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0359 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.121 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0389, 53.1139, 19.6288)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C563 #6366C8

analogous

#C89263 #C8C563 #98C863

triadic

#C8C563 #63C8C5 #C563C8

tetradic

#C8C563 #63C892 #6366C8 #C86398

square

#C8C563 #63C892 #6366C8 #C86398

split-complementary

#C8C563 #6398C8 #9263C8

monochromatic

#83802E #B0AC3E #C8C563 #D8D690 #E8E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#C8C563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C563

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C563	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 197, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.121 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd692',
    500: '#c8c563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c563;
$custom-light: #dbd692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.218,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80559,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C563

secondary

#45478A

accent

#54D750

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C563

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

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