#C8C83E#C8C83E

#C8C83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.154 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C83E
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -16.31, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 67.40, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0513 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.154 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3448, 53.9370, 12.5788)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C83E #3E3EC8

analogous

#C8833E #C8C83E #83C83E

triadic

#C8C83E #3EC8C8 #C83EC8

tetradic

#C8C83E #3EC883 #3E3EC8 #C83E83

square

#C8C83E #3EC883 #3E3EC8 #C83E83

split-complementary

#C8C83E #3E83C8 #833EC8

monochromatic

#6D6D1F #9C9C2D #C8C83E #D6D66E #E3E39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8C83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#C8C83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C83E

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C83E	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)

#D8C027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.154 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd87c',
    500: '#c8c83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c83e;
$custom-light: #dcd87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8084,
    "c": 0.15438,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C83E

secondary

#343476

accent

#49DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C83E

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

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