#C8CB39#C8CB39

#C8CB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.160 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB39
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 57)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 71.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -18.05, 67.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 70.29, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0566 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.16 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9154, 55.2879, 12.1230)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB39 #3C39CB

analogous

#CB8539 #C8CB39 #7FCB39

triadic

#C8CB39 #39C8CB #CB39C8

tetradic

#C8CB39 #39CB85 #3C39CB #CB397F

square

#C8CB39 #39CB85 #3C39CB #CB397F

split-complementary

#C8CB39 #397FCB #8539CB

monochromatic

#6B6D1D #9B9D29 #C8CB39 #D5D869 #E3E49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#C8CB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB39

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB39	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.160 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda7a',
    500: '#c8cb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb39;
$custom-light: #dcda7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.233,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81455,
    "c": 0.16044,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB39

secondary

#333276

accent

#46E249

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB39

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

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