#C8C656#C8C656

#C8C656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.134 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C656
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -13.81, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 56.86, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0417 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.134 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6945, 53.3407, 16.6910)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C656 #5658C8

analogous

#C88D56 #C8C656 #91C856

triadic

#C8C656 #56C8C6 #C656C8

tetradic

#C8C656 #56C88D #5658C8 #C85691

square

#C8C656 #56C88D #5658C8 #C85691

split-complementary

#C8C656 #5691C8 #8D56C8

monochromatic

#7B7A28 #AAA837 #C8C656 #D7D684 #E6E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8C656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#C8C656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C656

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C656	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.134 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd78a',
    500: '#c8c656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c656;
$custom-light: #dbd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80622,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C656

secondary

#3F4084

accent

#50DA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C656

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

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