#C8C744#C8C744

#C8C744 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.149 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C744
RGB	rgb(200, 199, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -15.49, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 64.76, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0484 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.149 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2878, 53.5449, 13.4173)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C744 #4445C8

analogous

#C88544 #C8C744 #87C844

triadic

#C8C744 #44C8C7 #C744C8

tetradic

#C8C744 #44C885 #4445C8 #C84487

square

#C8C744 #44C885 #4445C8 #C84487

split-complementary

#C8C744 #4487C8 #8544C8

monochromatic

#717021 #A09F2F #C8C744 #D6D573 #E4E3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8C744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#C8C744 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C744

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C744	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.149 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd77f',
    500: '#c8c744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c744;
$custom-light: #dcd77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8067,
    "c": 0.14935,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C744

secondary

#36377A

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C744

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

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