#C8C92B#C8C92B

#C8C92B 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 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C92B
RGB	rgb(200, 201, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 78.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -17.62, 71.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 73.88, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0566 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.166 110)
XYZ	xyz(45.1438, 54.2284, 10.3741)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C92B #2C2BC9

analogous

#C97B2B #C8C92B #79C92B

triadic

#C8C92B #2BC8C9 #C92BC8

tetradic

#C8C92B #2BC97B #2C2BC9 #C92B79

square

#C8C92B #2BC97B #2C2BC9 #C92B79

split-complementary

#C8C92B #2B79C9 #7B2BC9

monochromatic

#646415 #969720 #C8C92B #DADB56 #E5E689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C92B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#C8C92B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C92B

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C92B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C92B	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)

#DAC000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c92b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 201, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.166 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd973',
    500: '#c8c92b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c92b;
$custom-light: #ddd973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c92b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.38,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80944,
    "c": 0.1657,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.54227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C92B

secondary

#2A2A6F

accent

#40E841

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C92B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →