#C8CB33#C8CB33

#C8CB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.164 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB33
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 74.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -18.31, 69.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 72.24, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0579 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.164 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7745, 55.2315, 11.3808)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB33 #3633CB

analogous

#CB8233 #C8CB33 #7CCB33

triadic

#C8CB33 #33C8CB #CB33C8

tetradic

#C8CB33 #33CB82 #3633CB #CB337C

square

#C8CB33 #33CB82 #3633CB #CB337C

split-complementary

#C8CB33 #337CCB #8233CB

monochromatic

#68691A #989A27 #C8CB33 #D6D863 #E3E494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#C8CB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB33

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB33	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC20D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.164 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda77',
    500: '#c8cb33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb33;
$custom-light: #ddda77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.184,
    "s": 59.843,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81419,
    "c": 0.16375,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB33

secondary

#302F73

accent

#45E348

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB33

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

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