#C8C833#C8C833

#C8C833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.161 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C833
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -16.82, 69.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 71.15, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0537 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.161 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0729, 53.8283, 11.1469)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C833 #3333C8

analogous

#C87E33 #C8C833 #7EC833

triadic

#C8C833 #33C8C8 #C833C8

tetradic

#C8C833 #33C87E #3333C8 #C8337E

square

#C8C833 #33C87E #3333C8 #C8337E

split-complementary

#C8C833 #337EC8 #7E33C8

monochromatic

#66661A #979727 #C8C833 #D7D761 #E3E392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8C833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#C8C833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C833

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C833	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.161 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd876',
    500: '#c8c833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c833;
$custom-light: #ddd876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80769,
    "c": 0.16083,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C833

secondary

#2F2F71

accent

#45E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C833

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

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