#C8CB51#C8CB51

#C8CB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.144 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB51
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -16.67, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 61.10, 105.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0504 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.144 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6619, 55.5865, 16.0542)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB51 #5451CB

analogous

#CB9151 #C8CB51 #8BCB51

triadic

#C8CB51 #51C8CB #CB51C8

tetradic

#C8CB51 #51CB91 #5451CB #CB518B

square

#C8CB51 #51CB91 #5451CB #CB518B

split-complementary

#C8CB51 #518BCB #9151CB

monochromatic

#7A7C25 #A9AC33 #C8CB51 #D7D980 #E6E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#C8CB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB51

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB51	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.144 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda87',
    500: '#c8cb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb51;
$custom-light: #dbda87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.475,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81646,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB51

secondary

#3E3C84

accent

#4ADD4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB51

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

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