#C8C73C#C8C73C

#C8C73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; 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#C8C73C
RGBrgb(200, 199, 60)
HSLhsl(60, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(60, 70%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(78.14, -15.91, 65.85)
CIE-LCHlch(78.14, 67.74, 103.59°)
OKLaboklab(80.61% -0.0504 0.1462)
OKLCHoklch(80.61% 0.155 109)
XYZxyz(45.0601, 53.4538, 12.2181)
Luminance0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C8C73C #3C3DC8
analogous
#C8813C #C8C73C #83C83C
triadic
#C8C73C #3CC8C7 #C73CC8
tetradic
#C8C73C #3CC881 #3C3DC8 #C83C83
square
#C8C73C #3CC881 #3C3DC8 #C83C83
split-complementary
#C8C73C #3C83C8 #813CC8
monochromatic
#6B6B1E #9B9A2C #C8C73C #D5D56C #E3E29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#C8C73C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69
#C8C73C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C73C
11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C8C73C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C8C73C1.001.8011.6911.69
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6921.001.001.00
##00000011.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7BF24
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C346
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6BAAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c8c73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.155 109.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd77b',
    500: '#c8c73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c8c73c;
$custom-light: #dcd77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c8c73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8061,
    "c": 0.15466,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.53452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C8C73C
secondary
#333475
accent
#4ADF49
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C8C73C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva