#C8C73E#C8C73E

#C8C73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.153 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C73E
RGB	rgb(200, 199, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -15.81, 65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 67.02, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0499 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.153 109)
XYZ	xyz(45.1139, 53.4754, 12.5018)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C73E #3E3FC8

analogous

#C8823E #C8C73E #84C83E

triadic

#C8C73E #3EC8C7 #C73EC8

tetradic

#C8C73E #3EC882 #3E3FC8 #C83E84

square

#C8C73E #3EC882 #3E3FC8 #C83E84

split-complementary

#C8C73E #3E84C8 #823EC8

monochromatic

#6D6C1F #9C9B2D #C8C73E #D6D56E #E3E39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8C73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C8C73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C73E

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C73E	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)

#D7BF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.153 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd77c',
    500: '#c8c73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c73e;
$custom-light: #dcd77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80624,
    "c": 0.15339,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.53474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C73E

secondary

#343476

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C73E

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

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