#C8C92A#C8C92A

#C8C92A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.166 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C92A
RGB	rgb(200, 201, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -17.66, 72.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 74.15, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0568 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.166 110)
XYZ	xyz(45.1257, 54.2212, 10.2787)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C92A #2B2AC9

analogous

#C97A2A #C8C92A #79C92A

triadic

#C8C92A #2AC8C9 #C92AC8

tetradic

#C8C92A #2AC97A #2B2AC9 #C92A79

square

#C8C92A #2AC97A #2B2AC9 #C92A79

split-complementary

#C8C92A #2A79C9 #7A2AC9

monochromatic

#636415 #96961F #C8C92A #DBDB55 #E5E687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C92A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#C8C92A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C92A

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C92A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C92A	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c92a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 201, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.166 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd973',
    500: '#c8c92a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c92a;
$custom-light: #ddd973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c92a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.377,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80939,
    "c": 0.16614,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.5422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C92A

secondary

#29296E

accent

#3FE840

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C92A

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

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