#C8C844#C8C844

#C8C844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.150 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C844
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -15.99, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 65.15, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0498 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.15 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5186, 54.0066, 13.4943)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C844 #4444C8

analogous

#C88644 #C8C844 #86C844

triadic

#C8C844 #44C8C8 #C844C8

tetradic

#C8C844 #44C886 #4444C8 #C84486

square

#C8C844 #44C886 #4444C8 #C84486

split-complementary

#C8C844 #4486C8 #8644C8

monochromatic

#717121 #A0A02F #C8C844 #D6D673 #E4E4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8C844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#C8C844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C844

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C844	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)

#D8C031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.150 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd87f',
    500: '#c8c844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c844;
$custom-light: #dcd87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80885,
    "c": 0.15036,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C844

secondary

#36367A

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C844

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

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