#C8C83D#C8C83D

#C8C83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.155 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C83D
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 61)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -16.36, 65.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 67.76, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0515 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.155 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3176, 53.9262, 12.4356)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C83D #3D3DC8

analogous

#C8823D #C8C83D #82C83D

triadic

#C8C83D #3DC8C8 #C83DC8

tetradic

#C8C83D #3DC882 #3D3DC8 #C83D82

square

#C8C83D #3DC882 #3D3DC8 #C83D82

split-complementary

#C8C83D #3D82C8 #823DC8

monochromatic

#6C6C1F #9C9C2C #C8C83D #D6D66D #E3E39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8C83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#C8C83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C83D

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C83D	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.155 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd87b',
    500: '#c8c83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c83d;
$custom-light: #dcd87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80833,
    "c": 0.15502,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C83D

secondary

#343476

accent

#49DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C83D

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

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