#C8C756#C8C756

#C8C756 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.135 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C756
RGB	rgb(200, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -14.31, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 57.28, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0431 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.135 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9239, 53.7993, 16.7675)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C756 #5657C8

analogous

#C88E56 #C8C756 #90C856

triadic

#C8C756 #56C8C7 #C756C8

tetradic

#C8C756 #56C88E #5657C8 #C85690

square

#C8C756 #56C88E #5657C8 #C85690

split-complementary

#C8C756 #5690C8 #8E56C8

monochromatic

#7B7B28 #AAA937 #C8C756 #D7D684 #E6E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8C756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#C8C756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C756

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C756	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.135 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd78a',
    500: '#c8c756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c756;
$custom-light: #dbd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.474,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80837,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C756

secondary

#3F3F84

accent

#4FDA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C756

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

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