#C8C857#C8C857

#C8C857 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.135 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C857
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -14.74, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 57.26, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0442 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.135 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1953, 54.2772, 17.0581)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C857 #5757C8

analogous

#C89057 #C8C857 #90C857

triadic

#C8C857 #57C8C8 #C857C8

tetradic

#C8C857 #57C890 #5757C8 #C85790

square

#C8C857 #57C890 #5757C8 #C85790

split-complementary

#C8C857 #5790C8 #9057C8

monochromatic

#7C7C29 #AAAA38 #C8C857 #D7D785 #E6E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#C8C857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C857

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C857	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.135 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd88a',
    500: '#c8c857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c857;
$custom-light: #dbd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81062,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C857

secondary

#3F3F84

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C857

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

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