#C8C847#C8C847

#C8C847 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.148 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C847
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 71)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -15.82, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 63.98, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.049 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.148 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6125, 54.0441, 13.9889)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C847 #4747C8

analogous

#C88747 #C8C847 #87C847

triadic

#C8C847 #47C8C8 #C847C8

tetradic

#C8C847 #47C887 #4747C8 #C84787

square

#C8C847 #47C887 #4747C8 #C84787

split-complementary

#C8C847 #4787C8 #8747C8

monochromatic

#727222 #A2A230 #C8C847 #D6D676 #E4E4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8C847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#C8C847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C847

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C847	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)

#D7C036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.148 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd881',
    500: '#c8c847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c847;
$custom-light: #dcd881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8091,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C847

secondary

#38387B

accent

#4ADD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C847

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

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