#C8CB45#C8CB45

#C8CB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.153 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB45
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 66%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -17.43, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 65.95, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0537 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.153 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2510, 55.4221, 13.8902)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB45 #4845CB

analogous

#CB8B45 #C8CB45 #85CB45

triadic

#C8CB45 #45C8CB #CB45C8

tetradic

#C8CB45 #45CB8B #4845CB #CB4585

square

#C8CB45 #45CB8B #4845CB #CB4585

split-complementary

#C8CB45 #4585CB #8B45CB

monochromatic

#737521 #A2A52E #C8CB45 #D6D875 #E4E6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#C8CB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB45

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB45	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)

#DAC232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.153 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda80',
    500: '#c8cb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb45;
$custom-light: #dcda80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81541,
    "c": 0.15275,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB45

secondary

#38377E

accent

#48E04C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB45

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

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