#C8CB36#C8CB36

#C8CB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.162 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB36
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 73.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -18.19, 68.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 71.29, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0573 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.162 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8428, 55.2588, 11.7405)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB36 #3936CB

analogous

#CB8336 #C8CB36 #7DCB36

triadic

#C8CB36 #36C8CB #CB36C8

tetradic

#C8CB36 #36CB83 #3936CB #CB367D

square

#C8CB36 #36CB83 #3936CB #CB367D

split-complementary

#C8CB36 #367DCB #8336CB

monochromatic

#696B1C #999C28 #C8CB36 #D5D867 #E3E497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#C8CB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB36

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB36	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)

#DBC216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.162 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda78',
    500: '#c8cb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb36;
$custom-light: #dcda78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.208,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81436,
    "c": 0.16214,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB36

secondary

#323175

accent

#46E249

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB36

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

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