#C8CB48#C8CB48

#C8CB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.151 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB48
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 72)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -17.25, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 64.78, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0529 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.151 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3465, 55.4603, 14.3931)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB48 #4B48CB

analogous

#CB8D48 #C8CB48 #87CB48

triadic

#C8CB48 #48C8CB #CB48C8

tetradic

#C8CB48 #48CB8D #4B48CB #CB4887

square

#C8CB48 #48CB8D #4B48CB #CB4887

split-complementary

#C8CB48 #4887CB #8D48CB

monochromatic

#757722 #A4A62F #C8CB48 #D6D978 #E5E6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#C8CB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB48

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB48	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.151 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda82',
    500: '#c8cb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb48;
$custom-light: #dcda82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81566,
    "c": 0.1506,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB48

secondary

#39387F

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB48

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

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