#C8C73B#C8C73B

#C8C73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.155 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C73B
RGB	rgb(200, 199, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -15.96, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 68.10, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0506 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.155 109)
XYZ	xyz(45.0339, 53.4433, 12.0802)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C73B #3B3CC8

analogous

#C8803B #C8C73B #83C83B

triadic

#C8C73B #3BC8C7 #C73BC8

tetradic

#C8C73B #3BC880 #3B3CC8 #C83B83

square

#C8C73B #3BC880 #3B3CC8 #C83B83

split-complementary

#C8C73B #3B83C8 #803BC8

monochromatic

#6B6A1E #9A9A2B #C8C73B #D5D56B #E3E29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8C73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C8C73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C73B

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C73B	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.155 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd77a',
    500: '#c8c73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c73b;
$custom-light: #dcd77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80603,
    "c": 0.15528,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.53442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C73B

secondary

#333374

accent

#49DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C73B

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

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