#C8C83A#C8C83A

#C8C83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.157 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C83A
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -16.51, 66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 68.82, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0522 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.157 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2390, 53.8947, 12.0219)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C83A #3A3AC8

analogous

#C8813A #C8C83A #81C83A

triadic

#C8C83A #3AC8C8 #C83AC8

tetradic

#C8C83A #3AC881 #3A3AC8 #C83A81

square

#C8C83A #3AC881 #3A3AC8 #C83A81

split-complementary

#C8C83A #3A81C8 #813AC8

monochromatic

#6A6A1E #9A9A2B #C8C83A #D5D56A #E3E39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8C83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#C8C83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C83A

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C83A	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.157 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd87a',
    500: '#c8c83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c83a;
$custom-light: #dcd87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80812,
    "c": 0.15687,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C83A

secondary

#323274

accent

#48E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C83A

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

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