#C8CB4A#C8CB4A

#C8CB4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.149 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB4A
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 74)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 63.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -17.13, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 63.98, 105.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0524 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.149 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4128, 55.4868, 14.7424)
Luminance	0.5549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB4A #4D4ACB

analogous

#CB8D4A #C8CB4A #88CB4A

triadic

#C8CB4A #4AC8CB #CB4AC8

tetradic

#C8CB4A #4ACB8D #4D4ACB #CB4A88

square

#C8CB4A #4ACB8D #4D4ACB #CB4A88

split-complementary

#C8CB4A #4A88CB #8D4ACB

monochromatic

#767823 #A5A830 #C8CB4A #D6D97A #E5E6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#C8CB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB4A

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB4A	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.149 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda83',
    500: '#c8cb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb4a;
$custom-light: #dcda83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81583,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB4A

secondary

#3A3980

accent

#49DF4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB4A

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

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