#C8C84A#C8C84A

#C8C84A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.146 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C84A
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 74)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -15.63, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 62.77, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0482 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.146 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7112, 54.0836, 14.5085)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C84A #4A4AC8

analogous

#C8894A #C8C84A #89C84A

triadic

#C8C84A #4AC8C8 #C84AC8

tetradic

#C8C84A #4AC889 #4A4AC8 #C84A89

square

#C8C84A #4AC889 #4A4AC8 #C84A89

split-complementary

#C8C84A #4A89C8 #894AC8

monochromatic

#747423 #A3A332 #C8C84A #D6D679 #E5E5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C8C84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#C8C84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C84A

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C84A	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.146 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd882',
    500: '#c8c84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c84a;
$custom-light: #dcd882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80936,
    "c": 0.14599,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C84A

secondary

#39397D

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C84A

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

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