#C8C841#C8C841

#C8C841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.152 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C841
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -16.16, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 66.29, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0506 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.152 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4294, 53.9709, 13.0244)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C841 #4141C8

analogous

#C88541 #C8C841 #85C841

triadic

#C8C841 #41C8C8 #C841C8

tetradic

#C8C841 #41C885 #4141C8 #C84185

square

#C8C841 #41C885 #4141C8 #C84185

split-complementary

#C8C841 #4185C8 #8541C8

monochromatic

#6F6F20 #9E9E2E #C8C841 #D6D670 #E3E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8C841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#C8C841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C841

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C841	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)

#D8C02C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.152 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd87d',
    500: '#c8c841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c841;
$custom-light: #dcd87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80862,
    "c": 0.15242,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C841

secondary

#353578

accent

#49DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C841

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

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