#C8C65A#C8C65A

#C8C65A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.131 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C65A
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -13.50, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 55.08, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0404 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.131 108)
XYZ	xyz(45.8602, 53.4070, 17.5637)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C65A #5A5CC8

analogous

#C88F5A #C8C65A #93C85A

triadic

#C8C65A #5AC8C6 #C65AC8

tetradic

#C8C65A #5AC88F #5A5CC8 #C85A93

square

#C8C65A #5AC88F #5A5CC8 #C85A93

split-complementary

#C8C65A #5A93C8 #8F5AC8

monochromatic

#7E7C2A #ACAA39 #C8C65A #D7D688 #E7E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8C65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#C8C65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C65A

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C65A	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.131 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd78c',
    500: '#c8c65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c65a;
$custom-light: #dbd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80666,
    "c": 0.13059,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.53406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C65A

secondary

#404286

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C65A

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

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