#C8C63E#C8C63E

#C8C63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.152 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C63E
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -15.31, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 66.64, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0485 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.152 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8846, 53.0167, 12.4254)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C63E #3E40C8

analogous

#C8813E #C8C63E #85C83E

triadic

#C8C63E #3EC8C6 #C63EC8

tetradic

#C8C63E #3EC881 #3E40C8 #C83E85

square

#C8C63E #3EC881 #3E40C8 #C83E85

split-complementary

#C8C63E #3E85C8 #813EC8

monochromatic

#6D6C1F #9C9B2D #C8C63E #D6D46E #E3E29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C8C63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C63E

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C63E	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)

#D6BE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.152 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd77c',
    500: '#c8c63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c63e;
$custom-light: #dcd77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80409,
    "c": 0.15241,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C63E

secondary

#343576

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C63E

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

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