#C8C970#C8C970

#C8C970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.112 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C970
RGB	rgb(200, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 44.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -13.06, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 46.05, 106.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0369 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.112 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6315, 55.2235, 23.4762)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C970 #7170C9

analogous

#C99E70 #C8C970 #9CC970

triadic

#C8C970 #70C8C9 #C970C8

tetradic

#C8C970 #70C99E #7170C9 #C9709C

square

#C8C970 #70C99E #7170C9 #C9709C

split-complementary

#C8C970 #709CC9 #9E70C9

monochromatic

#898A34 #B6B745 #C8C970 #D9DA9C #EAEBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8C970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#C8C970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C970

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C970	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.112 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad99b',
    500: '#c8c970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c970;
$custom-light: #dad99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.674,
    "s": 45.178,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81587,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C970

secondary

#4C4C92

accent

#2DB82F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C970

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

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