#C8C775#C8C775

#C8C775 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.104 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C775
RGB	rgb(200, 199, 117)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 41.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -11.54, 41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 42.68, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0321 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.105 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4545, 54.4116, 24.8288)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C775 #7576C8

analogous

#C89E75 #C8C775 #A0C875

triadic

#C8C775 #75C8C7 #C775C8

tetradic

#C8C775 #75C89E #7576C8 #C875A0

square

#C8C775 #75C89E #7576C8 #C875A0

split-complementary

#C8C775 #75A0C8 #9E75C8

monochromatic

#8B8A37 #B7B549 #C8C775 #D9D9A1 #EBEBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C775 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#C8C775 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C775

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C775	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C775	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C16E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c775;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 199, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.104 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad79e',
    500: '#c8c775',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c775;
$custom-light: #dad79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c775",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.277,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81236,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C775

secondary

#4F5092

accent

#31B62F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C775

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

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