#C8C660#C8C660

#C8C660 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.125 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C660
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 52%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -13.01, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 52.33, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0384 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.125 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1260, 53.5133, 18.9634)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C660 #6062C8

analogous

#C89260 #C8C660 #96C860

triadic

#C8C660 #60C8C6 #C660C8

tetradic

#C8C660 #60C892 #6062C8 #C86096

square

#C8C660 #60C892 #6062C8 #C86096

split-complementary

#C8C660 #6096C8 #9260C8

monochromatic

#817F2D #AEAC3C #C8C660 #D8D68D #E7E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8C660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#C8C660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C660

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C660	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.125 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd790',
    500: '#c8c660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c660;
$custom-light: #dbd790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80736,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C660

secondary

#434589

accent

#52D850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C660

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

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