#C8C650#C8C650

#C8C650 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.139 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C650
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -14.23, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 59.47, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0436 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.139 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4629, 53.2480, 15.4709)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C650 #5052C8

analogous

#C88A50 #C8C650 #8EC850

triadic

#C8C650 #50C8C6 #C650C8

tetradic

#C8C650 #50C88A #5052C8 #C8508E

square

#C8C650 #50C88A #5052C8 #C8508E

split-complementary

#C8C650 #508EC8 #8A50C8

monochromatic

#787726 #A6A534 #C8C650 #D7D57F #E5E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8C650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#C8C650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C650

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C650	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.139 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd786',
    500: '#c8c650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c650;
$custom-light: #dbd786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80561,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C650

secondary

#3C3D80

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C650

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

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