#C8CB4E#C8CB4E

#C8CB4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.146 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB4E
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 61.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -16.88, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 62.36, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0512 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.146 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5519, 55.5425, 15.4748)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB4E #514ECB

analogous

#CB8F4E #C8CB4E #89CB4E

triadic

#C8CB4E #4EC8CB #CB4EC8

tetradic

#C8CB4E #4ECB8F #514ECB #CB4E89

square

#C8CB4E #4ECB8F #514ECB #CB4E89

split-complementary

#C8CB4E #4E89CB #8F4ECB

monochromatic

#797B24 #A7AA32 #C8CB4E #D7D97D #E5E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#C8CB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB4E

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB4E	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.146 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda85',
    500: '#c8cb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb4e;
$custom-light: #dcda85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.44,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81618,
    "c": 0.14607,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB4E

secondary

#3C3A83

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB4E

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

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