#C8C951#C8C951

#C8C951 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	#C8C951
RGB	rgb(200, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -15.67, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 60.27, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0475 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.142 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1926, 54.6479, 15.8978)
Luminance	0.5465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C951 #5251C9

analogous

#C98E51 #C8C951 #8CC951

triadic

#C8C951 #51C8C9 #C951C8

tetradic

#C8C951 #51C98E #5251C9 #C9518C

square

#C8C951 #51C98E #5251C9 #C9518C

split-complementary

#C8C951 #518CC9 #8E51C9

monochromatic

#797A26 #A8A934 #C8C951 #D7D780 #E6E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8C951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#C8C951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C951

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C951	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)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.142 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd987',
    500: '#c8c951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c951;
$custom-light: #dbd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81216,
    "c": 0.14153,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C951

secondary

#3D3C82

accent

#4CDC4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C951

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

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