#C8C72A#C8C72A

#C8C72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.164 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C72A
RGB	rgb(200, 199, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 79%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -16.66, 71.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 73.46, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.054 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.164 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6625, 53.2948, 10.1243)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C72A #2A2BC8

analogous

#C8782A #C8C72A #7AC82A

triadic

#C8C72A #2AC8C7 #C72AC8

tetradic

#C8C72A #2AC878 #2A2BC8 #C82A7A

square

#C8C72A #2AC878 #2A2BC8 #C82A7A

split-complementary

#C8C72A #2A7AC8 #782AC8

monochromatic

#636215 #95951F #C8C72A #DBDA54 #E6E587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8C72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#C8C72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C72A

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C72A	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)

#D8BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.164 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd772',
    500: '#c8c72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c72a;
$custom-light: #ddd772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.62,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80506,
    "c": 0.16425,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C72A

secondary

#29296D

accent

#41E840

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C72A

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

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