#C8CB3B#C8CB3B

#C8CB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.159 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB3B
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -17.96, 67.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 69.61, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0562 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.159 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9663, 55.3082, 12.3910)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB3B #3E3BCB

analogous

#CB863B #C8CB3B #80CB3B

triadic

#C8CB3B #3BC8CB #CB3BC8

tetradic

#C8CB3B #3BCB86 #3E3BCB #CB3B80

square

#C8CB3B #3BCB86 #3E3BCB #CB3B80

split-complementary

#C8CB3B #3B80CB #863BCB

monochromatic

#6D6E1D #9C9F2A #C8CB3B #D6D86B #E3E59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#C8CB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB3B

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB3B	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)

#DBC221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.159 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda7b',
    500: '#c8cb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb3b;
$custom-light: #dcda7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81468,
    "c": 0.15925,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB3B

secondary

#343378

accent

#47E14A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB3B

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

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