#C8CB3E#C8CB3E

#C8CB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.157 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB3E
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 62)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 69.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -17.81, 66.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 68.55, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0555 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.157 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0464, 55.3403, 12.8126)
Luminance	0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB3E #413ECB

analogous

#CB883E #C8CB3E #81CB3E

triadic

#C8CB3E #3EC8CB #CB3EC8

tetradic

#C8CB3E #3ECB88 #413ECB #CB3E81

square

#C8CB3E #3ECB88 #413ECB #CB3E81

split-complementary

#C8CB3E #3E81CB #883ECB

monochromatic

#6F701E #9EA12B #C8CB3E #D6D86E #E3E59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#C8CB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB3E

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB3E	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.157 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda7c',
    500: '#c8cb3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb3e;
$custom-light: #dcda7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81489,
    "c": 0.15741,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB3E

secondary

#353479

accent

#47E14A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB3E

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

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