#C8CB35#C8CB35

#C8CB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.163 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB35
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 73.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -18.23, 69.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 71.61, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0575 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.163 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8196, 55.2495, 11.6181)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB35 #3835CB

analogous

#CB8335 #C8CB35 #7DCB35

triadic

#C8CB35 #35C8CB #CB35C8

tetradic

#C8CB35 #35CB83 #3835CB #CB357D

square

#C8CB35 #35CB83 #3835CB #CB357D

split-complementary

#C8CB35 #357DCB #8335CB

monochromatic

#696A1B #999B28 #C8CB35 #D5D866 #E3E496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#C8CB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB35

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB35	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)

#DBC213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.163 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda78',
    500: '#c8cb35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb35;
$custom-light: #dcda78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8143,
    "c": 0.1627,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB35

secondary

#323074

accent

#46E249

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB35

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

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