#C8C649#C8C649

#C8C649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.145 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C649
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -14.69, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 62.39, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0456 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.145 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2176, 53.1499, 14.1791)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C649 #494BC8

analogous

#C88649 #C8C649 #8AC849

triadic

#C8C649 #49C8C6 #C649C8

tetradic

#C8C649 #49C886 #494BC8 #C8498A

square

#C8C649 #49C886 #494BC8 #C8498A

split-complementary

#C8C649 #498AC8 #8649C8

monochromatic

#747223 #A3A131 #C8C649 #D6D578 #E4E3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C8C649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#C8C649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C649

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C649	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.145 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd782',
    500: '#c8c649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c649;
$custom-light: #dcd782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80497,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C649

secondary

#393A7D

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C649

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

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