#C8C950#C8C950

#C8C950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.142 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C950
RGB	rgb(200, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -15.74, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 60.70, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0478 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.142 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1554, 54.6331, 15.7018)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C950 #5150C9

analogous

#C98E50 #C8C950 #8BC950

triadic

#C8C950 #50C8C9 #C950C8

tetradic

#C8C950 #50C98E #5150C9 #C9508B

square

#C8C950 #50C98E #5150C9 #C9508B

split-complementary

#C8C950 #508BC9 #8E50C9

monochromatic

#797925 #A7A834 #C8C950 #D7D77F #E5E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8C950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#C8C950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C950

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C950	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.142 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd986',
    500: '#c8c950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c950;
$custom-light: #dbd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.496,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81206,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C950

secondary

#3C3C82

accent

#4CDC4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C950

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

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