#C8C856#C8C856

#C8C856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.136 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C856
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -14.81, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 57.70, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0446 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.136 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1547, 54.2610, 16.8444)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C856 #5656C8

analogous

#C88F56 #C8C856 #8FC856

triadic

#C8C856 #56C8C8 #C856C8

tetradic

#C8C856 #56C88F #5656C8 #C8568F

square

#C8C856 #56C88F #5656C8 #C8568F

split-complementary

#C8C856 #568FC8 #8F56C8

monochromatic

#7B7B28 #AAAA37 #C8C856 #D7D784 #E6E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#C8C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C856

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C856	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)

#D7C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.136 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd88a',
    500: '#c8c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c856;
$custom-light: #dbd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81051,
    "c": 0.13627,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C856

secondary

#3F3F84

accent

#4DDA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C856

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

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