#C8C643#C8C643

#C8C643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.149 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C643
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -15.04, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 64.76, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0472 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.149 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0282, 53.0741, 13.1815)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C643 #4345C8

analogous

#C88443 #C8C643 #87C843

triadic

#C8C643 #43C8C6 #C643C8

tetradic

#C8C643 #43C884 #4345C8 #C84387

square

#C8C643 #43C884 #4345C8 #C84387

split-complementary

#C8C643 #4387C8 #8443C8

monochromatic

#706F21 #9F9E2F #C8C643 #D6D472 #E4E3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#C8C643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C643

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C643	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)

#D6BE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.149 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd77e',
    500: '#c8c643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c643;
$custom-light: #dcd77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80447,
    "c": 0.14905,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C643

secondary

#363779

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C643

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

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