#C8C843#C8C843

#C8C843 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.151 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C843
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -16.05, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 65.53, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.05 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.151 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4883, 53.9945, 13.3349)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C843 #4343C8

analogous

#C88643 #C8C843 #86C843

triadic

#C8C843 #43C8C8 #C843C8

tetradic

#C8C843 #43C886 #4343C8 #C84386

square

#C8C843 #43C886 #4343C8 #C84386

split-complementary

#C8C843 #4386C8 #8643C8

monochromatic

#707021 #9F9F2F #C8C843 #D6D672 #E4E4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8C843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#C8C843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C843

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C843	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.151 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd87f',
    500: '#c8c843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c843;
$custom-light: #dcd87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80878,
    "c": 0.15106,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C843

secondary

#363679

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C843

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

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