#C8C652#C8C652

#C8C652 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.138 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C652
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -14.10, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 58.61, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.043 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.138 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5379, 53.2780, 15.8659)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C652 #5254C8

analogous

#C88B52 #C8C652 #8FC852

triadic

#C8C652 #52C8C6 #C652C8

tetradic

#C8C652 #52C88B #5254C8 #C8528F

square

#C8C652 #52C88B #5254C8 #C8528F

split-complementary

#C8C652 #528FC8 #8B52C8

monochromatic

#797827 #A8A635 #C8C652 #D7D580 #E6E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8C652 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#C8C652 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C652

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C652	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C652	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c652;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.138 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd787',
    500: '#c8c652',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c652;
$custom-light: #dbd787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c652",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80581,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C652

secondary

#3D3E82

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C652

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

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