#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
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -15.46, 65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 67.73, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0492 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.154 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8046, 52.9847, 12.0038)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C8C63B	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)

#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

Preview with #C8C63B

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

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