#C8C640#C8C640

#C8C640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.151 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C640
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -15.21, 64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 65.90, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.048 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.151 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9405, 53.0391, 12.7198)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C640 #4042C8

analogous

#C88240 #C8C640 #86C840

triadic

#C8C640 #40C8C6 #C640C8

tetradic

#C8C640 #40C882 #4042C8 #C84086

square

#C8C640 #40C882 #4042C8 #C84086

split-complementary

#C8C640 #4086C8 #8240C8

monochromatic

#6E6D20 #9D9C2D #C8C640 #D6D470 #E3E29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#C8C640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C640

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C640	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.151 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd77d',
    500: '#c8c640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c640;
$custom-light: #dcd77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80424,
    "c": 0.15109,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C640

secondary

#353677

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C640

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

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