#C8C871#C8C871

#C8C871 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.110 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C871
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 113)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 44%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 43.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -12.46, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 45.10, 106.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0351 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.11 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4552, 54.7812, 23.6936)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C871 #7171C8

analogous

#C89D71 #C8C871 #9DC871

triadic

#C8C871 #71C8C8 #C871C8

tetradic

#C8C871 #71C89D #7171C8 #C8719D

square

#C8C871 #71C89D #7171C8 #C8719D

split-complementary

#C8C871 #719DC8 #9D71C8

monochromatic

#898935 #B6B646 #C8C871 #D9D99D #EAEAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8C871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#C8C871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C871

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C871	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.110 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad89b',
    500: '#c8c871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c871;
$custom-light: #dad89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.162,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81389,
    "c": 0.11001,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C871

secondary

#4C4C91

accent

#2EB72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C871

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

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