#C8C748#C8C748

#C8C748 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.146 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C748
RGB	rgb(200, 199, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -15.25, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 63.18, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0473 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.146 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4140, 53.5954, 14.0823)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C748 #4849C8

analogous

#C88748 #C8C748 #89C848

triadic

#C8C748 #48C8C7 #C748C8

tetradic

#C8C748 #48C887 #4849C8 #C84889

square

#C8C748 #48C887 #4849C8 #C84889

split-complementary

#C8C748 #4889C8 #8748C8

monochromatic

#737223 #A2A131 #C8C748 #D6D577 #E4E4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8C748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#C8C748 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C748

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C748	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.146 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd781',
    500: '#c8c748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c748;
$custom-light: #dcd781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.531,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80703,
    "c": 0.14647,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C748

secondary

#38397C

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C748

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

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