#C8C82E#C8C82E

#C8C82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.163 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C82E
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -17.02, 70.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 72.67, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0547 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.163 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9685, 53.7866, 10.5973)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C82E #2E2EC8

analogous

#C87B2E #C8C82E #7BC82E

triadic

#C8C82E #2EC8C8 #C82EC8

tetradic

#C8C82E #2EC87B #2E2EC8 #C82E7B

square

#C8C82E #2EC87B #2E2EC8 #C82E7B

split-complementary

#C8C82E #2E7BC8 #7B2EC8

monochromatic

#646417 #969623 #C8C82E #D9D95A #E5E58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C8C82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#C8C82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C82E

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C82E	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)

#D9BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.163 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd874',
    500: '#c8c82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c82e;
$custom-light: #ddd874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80742,
    "c": 0.16336,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C82E

secondary

#2B2B6F

accent

#42E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C82E

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

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