#C8C63B#C8C63B

#C8C63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.154 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C8C63B
RGBrgb(200, 198, 59)
HSLhsl(59, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(59, 71%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(77.87, -15.46, 65.94)
CIE-LCHlch(77.87, 67.73, 103.20°)
OKLaboklab(80.39% -0.0492 0.1463)
OKLCHoklch(80.39% 0.154 108.6)
XYZxyz(44.8046, 52.9847, 12.0038)
Luminance0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C8C63B #3B3DC8
analogous
#C87F3B #C8C63B #83C83B
triadic
#C8C63B #3BC8C6 #C63BC8
tetradic
#C8C63B #3BC87F #3B3DC8 #C83B83
square
#C8C63B #3BC87F #3B3DC8 #C83B83
split-complementary
#C8C63B #3B83C8 #7F3BC8
monochromatic
#6B6A1E #9A992B #C8C63B #D5D46B #E3E29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#C8C63B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60
#C8C63B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C63B
11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C8C63B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C8C63B1.001.8111.6011.60
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6021.001.001.00
##00000011.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BE23
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C345
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6B9AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c8c63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.154 108.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd77a',
    500: '#c8c63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c8c63b;
$custom-light: #dcd77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c8c63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80388,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C8C63B
secondary
#333474
accent
#4ADF48
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C8C63B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva