#C8C646#C8C646

#C8C646 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.147 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C646
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -14.87, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 63.59, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0464 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.147 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1205, 53.1111, 13.6678)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C646 #4648C8

analogous

#C88546 #C8C646 #89C846

triadic

#C8C646 #46C8C6 #C646C8

tetradic

#C8C646 #46C885 #4648C8 #C84689

square

#C8C646 #46C885 #4648C8 #C84689

split-complementary

#C8C646 #4689C8 #8546C8

monochromatic

#727122 #A19F30 #C8C646 #D6D575 #E4E3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#C8C646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C646

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C646	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)

#D6BE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.147 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd780',
    500: '#c8c646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c646;
$custom-light: #dcd780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80471,
    "c": 0.14692,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C646

secondary

#37387B

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C646

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

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