#C8C644#C8C644

#C8C644 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.148 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C644
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -14.99, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 64.37, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.047 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.148 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0584, 53.0862, 13.3409)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C644 #4446C8

analogous

#C88444 #C8C644 #88C844

triadic

#C8C644 #44C8C6 #C644C8

tetradic

#C8C644 #44C884 #4446C8 #C84488

square

#C8C644 #44C884 #4446C8 #C84488

split-complementary

#C8C644 #4488C8 #8444C8

monochromatic

#716F21 #A09E2F #C8C644 #D6D473 #E4E3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C644 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#C8C644 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C644

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C644	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C644	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c644;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.148 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd77f',
    500: '#c8c644',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c644;
$custom-light: #dcd77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c644",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80455,
    "c": 0.14835,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C644

secondary

#36377A

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C644

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

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