#C8C855#C8C855

#C8C855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.137 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C855
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -14.89, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 58.13, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0449 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.137 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1147, 54.2450, 16.6337)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C855 #5555C8

analogous

#C88E55 #C8C855 #8EC855

triadic

#C8C855 #55C8C8 #C855C8

tetradic

#C8C855 #55C88E #5555C8 #C8558E

square

#C8C855 #55C88E #5555C8 #C8558E

split-complementary

#C8C855 #558EC8 #8E55C8

monochromatic

#7B7B28 #A9A937 #C8C855 #D7D783 #E6E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#C8C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C855

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C855	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.137 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd889',
    500: '#c8c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c855;
$custom-light: #dbd889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81041,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C855

secondary

#3E3E83

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C855

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

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