#C8C938#C8C938

#C8C938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.159 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C938
RGB	rgb(200, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -17.10, 67.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 69.88, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0541 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.159 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4215, 54.3395, 11.8365)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C938 #3938C9

analogous

#C98238 #C8C938 #7FC938

triadic

#C8C938 #38C8C9 #C938C8

tetradic

#C8C938 #38C982 #3938C9 #C9387F

square

#C8C938 #38C982 #3938C9 #C9387F

split-complementary

#C8C938 #387FC9 #8238C9

monochromatic

#696A1D #999A2A #C8C938 #D5D668 #E3E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#C8C938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C938

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C938	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.159 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd979',
    500: '#c8c938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c938;
$custom-light: #dcd979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.414,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81016,
    "c": 0.15904,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C938

secondary

#323174

accent

#47E148

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C938

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

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