#C8CB4F#C8CB4F

#C8CB4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.145 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB4F
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 79)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 61.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -16.81, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 61.94, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.051 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.145 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5880, 55.5569, 15.6650)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB4F #524FCB

analogous

#CB904F #C8CB4F #8ACB4F

triadic

#C8CB4F #4FC8CB #CB4FC8

tetradic

#C8CB4F #4FCB90 #524FCB #CB4F8A

square

#C8CB4F #4FCB90 #524FCB #CB4F8A

split-complementary

#C8CB4F #4F8ACB #904FCB

monochromatic

#797B24 #A8AA32 #C8CB4F #D7D97E #E6E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#C8CB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB4F

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB4F	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)

#DAC340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.145 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda86',
    500: '#c8cb4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb4f;
$custom-light: #dcda86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.452,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81628,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB4F

secondary

#3D3B83

accent

#4ADE4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB4F

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

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