#C8C853#C8C853

#C8C853 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.139 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C853
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -15.03, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 59.00, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0455 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.139 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0364, 54.2137, 16.2212)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C853 #5353C8

analogous

#C88D53 #C8C853 #8DC853

triadic

#C8C853 #53C8C8 #C853C8

tetradic

#C8C853 #53C88D #5353C8 #C8538D

square

#C8C853 #53C88D #5353C8 #C8538D

split-complementary

#C8C853 #538DC8 #8D53C8

monochromatic

#7A7A27 #A8A836 #C8C853 #D7D781 #E6E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#C8C853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C853

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C853	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)

#D7C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.139 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd888',
    500: '#c8c853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c853;
$custom-light: #dbd888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8102,
    "c": 0.13882,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C853

secondary

#3D3D82

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C853

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

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