#C8C62F#C8C62F

#C8C62F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.161 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C62F
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 76.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -15.98, 69.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 71.67, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0517 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.161 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5283, 52.8742, 10.5489)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C62F #2F31C8

analogous

#C8792F #C8C62F #7DC82F

triadic

#C8C62F #2FC8C6 #C62FC8

tetradic

#C8C62F #2FC879 #2F31C8 #C82F7D

square

#C8C62F #2FC879 #2F31C8 #C82F7D

split-complementary

#C8C62F #2F7DC8 #792FC8

monochromatic

#656418 #969523 #C8C62F #D9D75C #E4E38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C62F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#C8C62F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C62F

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C62F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C62F	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)

#D7BE02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c62f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.161 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd774',
    500: '#c8c62f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c62f;
$custom-light: #ddd774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c62f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.216,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80315,
    "c": 0.16097,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C62F

secondary

#2C2D6F

accent

#45E543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C62F

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

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