#C8C74A#C8C74A

#C8C74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.145 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C74A
RGB	rgb(200, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -15.13, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 62.38, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0467 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.145 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4803, 53.6219, 14.4315)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C74A #4A4BC8

analogous

#C8884A #C8C74A #8AC84A

triadic

#C8C74A #4AC8C7 #C74AC8

tetradic

#C8C74A #4AC888 #4A4BC8 #C84A8A

square

#C8C74A #4AC888 #4A4BC8 #C84A8A

split-complementary

#C8C74A #4A8AC8 #884AC8

monochromatic

#747423 #A3A232 #C8C74A #D6D679 #E5E4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8C74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#C8C74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C74A

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C74A	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)

#D6BF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.145 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd782',
    500: '#c8c74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c74a;
$custom-light: #dcd782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.524,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8072,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C74A

secondary

#393A7D

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C74A

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

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