#C8CB40#C8CB40

#C8CB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.156 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB40
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -17.70, 65.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 67.82, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.055 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.156 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1023, 55.3626, 13.1070)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB40 #4340CB

analogous

#CB8940 #C8CB40 #83CB40

triadic

#C8CB40 #40C8CB #CB40C8

tetradic

#C8CB40 #40CB89 #4340CB #CB4083

square

#C8CB40 #40CB89 #4340CB #CB4083

split-complementary

#C8CB40 #4083CB #8940CB

monochromatic

#70721F #9FA22C #C8CB40 #D6D870 #E4E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#C8CB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB40

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB40	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)

#DBC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.156 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda7d',
    500: '#c8cb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb40;
$custom-light: #dcda7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81503,
    "c": 0.15612,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB40

secondary

#36357B

accent

#47E04B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB40

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

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