#C8C930#C8C930

#C8C930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.163 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C930
RGB	rgb(200, 201, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -17.44, 70.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 72.44, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0557 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.163 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2412, 54.2674, 10.8872)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C930 #3130C9

analogous

#C97E30 #C8C930 #7CC930

triadic

#C8C930 #30C8C9 #C930C8

tetradic

#C8C930 #30C97E #3130C9 #C9307C

square

#C8C930 #30C97E #3130C9 #C9307C

split-complementary

#C8C930 #307CC9 #7E30C9

monochromatic

#666618 #979824 #C8C930 #D8D85E #E4E48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#C8C930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C930

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C930	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)

#D9C002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 201, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.163 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd975',
    500: '#c8c930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c930;
$custom-light: #ddd975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.392,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80969,
    "c": 0.16334,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C930

secondary

#2D2D70

accent

#43E544

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C930

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

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