#C8C657#C8C657

#C8C657 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.133 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C657
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -13.73, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 56.42, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0414 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.133 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7351, 53.3569, 16.9047)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C657 #5759C8

analogous

#C88E57 #C8C657 #92C857

triadic

#C8C657 #57C8C6 #C657C8

tetradic

#C8C657 #57C88E #5759C8 #C85792

square

#C8C657 #57C88E #5759C8 #C85792

split-complementary

#C8C657 #5792C8 #8E57C8

monochromatic

#7C7B29 #AAA838 #C8C657 #D7D685 #E6E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8C657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#C8C657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C657

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C657	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)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.133 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd78a',
    500: '#c8c657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c657;
$custom-light: #dbd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80633,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C657

secondary

#3F4084

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C657

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

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