#C8C741#C8C741

#C8C741 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.151 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C741
RGB	rgb(200, 199, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -15.66, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 65.91, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0491 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.151 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1985, 53.5092, 12.9474)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C741 #4142C8

analogous

#C88441 #C8C741 #85C841

triadic

#C8C741 #41C8C7 #C741C8

tetradic

#C8C741 #41C884 #4142C8 #C84185

square

#C8C741 #41C884 #4142C8 #C84185

split-complementary

#C8C741 #4185C8 #8441C8

monochromatic

#6F6E20 #9E9D2E #C8C741 #D6D570 #E3E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8C741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#C8C741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C741

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C741	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	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)

#D7BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.151 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd77d',
    500: '#c8c741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c741;
$custom-light: #dcd77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80647,
    "c": 0.15142,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C741

secondary

#353678

accent

#4ADE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C741

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

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