#C8C846#C8C846

#C8C846 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.149 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C846
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -15.87, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 64.37, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0493 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.149 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5807, 54.0314, 13.8212)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C846 #4646C8

analogous

#C88746 #C8C846 #87C846

triadic

#C8C846 #46C8C8 #C846C8

tetradic

#C8C846 #46C887 #4646C8 #C84687

square

#C8C846 #46C887 #4646C8 #C84687

split-complementary

#C8C846 #4687C8 #8746C8

monochromatic

#727222 #A1A130 #C8C846 #D6D675 #E4E4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8C846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#C8C846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C846

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C846	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.149 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd880',
    500: '#c8c846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c846;
$custom-light: #dcd880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80902,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C846

secondary

#37377B

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C846

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

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