#C8C73F#C8C73F

#C8C73F 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 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C73F
RGB	rgb(200, 199, 63)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -15.76, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 66.65, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0496 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.153 109)
XYZ	xyz(45.1416, 53.4864, 12.6477)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C73F #3F40C8

analogous

#C8833F #C8C73F #85C83F

triadic

#C8C73F #3FC8C7 #C73FC8

tetradic

#C8C73F #3FC883 #3F40C8 #C83F85

square

#C8C73F #3FC883 #3F40C8 #C83F85

split-complementary

#C8C73F #3F85C8 #833FC8

monochromatic

#6D6D1F #9D9C2D #C8C73F #D6D56F #E3E39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C8C73F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#C8C73F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C73F

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C73F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C73F	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c73f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.153 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd77c',
    500: '#c8c73f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c73f;
$custom-light: #dcd77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c73f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80632,
    "c": 0.15274,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.53485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C73F

secondary

#343577

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C73F

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

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