#C8CB42#C8CB42

#C8CB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.155 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB42
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -17.60, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 67.08, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0545 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.155 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1602, 55.3858, 13.4121)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB42 #4542CB

analogous

#CB8A42 #C8CB42 #83CB42

triadic

#C8CB42 #42C8CB #CB42C8

tetradic

#C8CB42 #42CB8A #4542CB #CB4283

square

#C8CB42 #42CB8A #4542CB #CB4283

split-complementary

#C8CB42 #4283CB #8A42CB

monochromatic

#717320 #A0A32D #C8CB42 #D6D872 #E4E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#C8CB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB42

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB42	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.155 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda7e',
    500: '#c8cb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb42;
$custom-light: #dcda7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.314,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81518,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB42

secondary

#37357C

accent

#48E04B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB42

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

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