#C8C93B#C8C93B

#C8C93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.157 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C93B
RGB	rgb(200, 201, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -16.96, 66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 68.85, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0534 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.157 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4971, 54.3697, 12.2346)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C93B #3C3BC9

analogous

#C9833B #C8C93B #81C93B

triadic

#C8C93B #3BC8C9 #C93BC8

tetradic

#C8C93B #3BC983 #3C3BC9 #C93B81

square

#C8C93B #3BC983 #3C3BC9 #C93B81

split-complementary

#C8C93B #3B81C9 #833BC9

monochromatic

#6B6C1E #9B9C2B #C8C93B #D5D66B #E3E39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C8C93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#C8C93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C93B

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C93B	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)

#D9C022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 201, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.157 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd97a',
    500: '#c8c93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c93b;
$custom-light: #dcd97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.423,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81035,
    "c": 0.15725,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C93B

secondary

#333376

accent

#48E049

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C93B

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

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