#C8C73D#C8C73D

#C8C73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.154 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C73D
RGB	rgb(200, 199, 61)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -15.86, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 67.38, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0501 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.154 109)
XYZ	xyz(45.0867, 53.4645, 12.3586)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C73D #3D3EC8

analogous

#C8813D #C8C73D #83C83D

triadic

#C8C73D #3DC8C7 #C73DC8

tetradic

#C8C73D #3DC881 #3D3EC8 #C83D83

square

#C8C73D #3DC881 #3D3EC8 #C83D83

split-complementary

#C8C73D #3D83C8 #813DC8

monochromatic

#6C6B1F #9C9B2C #C8C73D #D6D56D #E3E39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8C73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C8C73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C73D

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C73D	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)

#D7BF26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.154 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd77b',
    500: '#c8c73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c73d;
$custom-light: #dcd77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80617,
    "c": 0.15403,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.53463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C73D

secondary

#343476

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C73D

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

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