#C8C932#C8C932

#C8C932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.162 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C932
RGB	rgb(200, 201, 50)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -17.36, 69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 71.82, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0553 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.162 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2834, 54.2843, 11.1095)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C932 #3332C9

analogous

#C97E32 #C8C932 #7DC932

triadic

#C8C932 #32C8C9 #C932C8

tetradic

#C8C932 #32C97E #3332C9 #C9327D

square

#C8C932 #32C97E #3332C9 #C9327D

split-complementary

#C8C932 #327DC9 #7E32C9

monochromatic

#66671A #979826 #C8C932 #D7D861 #E3E492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#C8C932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C932

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C932	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)

#D9C00B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 201, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.162 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd976',
    500: '#c8c932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c932;
$custom-light: #ddd976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.397,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8098,
    "c": 0.16232,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C932

secondary

#2F2E71

accent

#44E346

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C932

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

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