#C8C765#C8C765

#C8C765 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.121 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C765
RGB	rgb(200, 199, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 49.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -13.09, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 50.42, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0381 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.121 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5929, 54.0669, 20.2910)
Luminance	0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C765 #6566C8

analogous

#C89665 #C8C765 #98C865

triadic

#C8C765 #65C8C7 #C765C8

tetradic

#C8C765 #65C896 #6566C8 #C86598

square

#C8C765 #65C896 #6566C8 #C86598

split-complementary

#C8C765 #6598C8 #9665C8

monochromatic

#84832F #B1B03F #C8C765 #D8D792 #E8E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8C765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#C8C765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C765

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C765	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.121 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd793',
    500: '#c8c765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c765;
$custom-light: #dbd793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.394,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81011,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C765

secondary

#46478B

accent

#52D751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C765

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

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