#C8C858#C8C858

#C8C858 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	#C8C858
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 88)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -14.66, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 56.81, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0439 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.135 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2364, 54.2937, 17.2748)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C858 #5858C8

analogous

#C89058 #C8C858 #90C858

triadic

#C8C858 #58C8C8 #C858C8

tetradic

#C8C858 #58C890 #5858C8 #C85890

square

#C8C858 #58C890 #5858C8 #C85890

split-complementary

#C8C858 #5890C8 #9058C8

monochromatic

#7D7D29 #ABAB38 #C8C858 #D7D786 #E6E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#C8C858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C858

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C858	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)

#D6C04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.135 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd88b',
    500: '#c8c858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c858;
$custom-light: #dbd88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81072,
    "c": 0.13452,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C858

secondary

#3F3F85

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C858

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

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