#C8C852#C8C852

#C8C852 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.140 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C852
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -15.10, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 59.43, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0458 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.14 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9980, 54.1983, 16.0193)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C852 #5252C8

analogous

#C88D52 #C8C852 #8DC852

triadic

#C8C852 #52C8C8 #C852C8

tetradic

#C8C852 #52C88D #5252C8 #C8528D

square

#C8C852 #52C88D #5252C8 #C8528D

split-complementary

#C8C852 #528DC8 #8D52C8

monochromatic

#797927 #A8A835 #C8C852 #D7D780 #E6E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#C8C852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C852

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C852	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.140 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd887',
    500: '#c8c852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c852;
$custom-light: #dbd887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8101,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C852

secondary

#3D3D82

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C852

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

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