#C8C751#C8C751

#C8C751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.139 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C751
RGB	rgb(200, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -14.67, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 59.45, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0447 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.139 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7294, 53.7216, 15.7434)
Luminance	0.5372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C751 #5152C8

analogous

#C88C51 #C8C751 #8DC851

triadic

#C8C751 #51C8C7 #C751C8

tetradic

#C8C751 #51C88C #5152C8 #C8518D

square

#C8C751 #51C88C #5152C8 #C8518D

split-complementary

#C8C751 #518DC8 #8C51C8

monochromatic

#797826 #A7A635 #C8C751 #D7D680 #E5E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8C751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#C8C751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C751

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C751	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.139 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd787',
    500: '#c8c751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c751;
$custom-light: #dbd787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.496,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80786,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C751

secondary

#3C3D81

accent

#4EDB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C751

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

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