#C8C72E#C8C72E

#C8C72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.162 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C72E
RGB	rgb(200, 199, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 77%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -16.52, 70.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 72.32, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.0533 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.162 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7377, 53.3249, 10.5204)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C72E #2E2FC8

analogous

#C87A2E #C8C72E #7CC82E

triadic

#C8C72E #2EC8C7 #C72EC8

tetradic

#C8C72E #2EC87A #2E2FC8 #C82E7C

square

#C8C72E #2EC87A #2E2FC8 #C82E7C

split-complementary

#C8C72E #2E7CC8 #7A2EC8

monochromatic

#646417 #969523 #C8C72E #D9D85A #E5E48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8C72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#C8C72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C72E

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C72E	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)

#D9C33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.162 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd774',
    500: '#c8c72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c72e;
$custom-light: #ddd774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.61,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80526,
    "c": 0.16241,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C72E

secondary

#2B2C6F

accent

#43E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C72E

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

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