#C8CB53#C8CB53

#C8CB53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.142 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB53
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 83)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -16.53, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 60.26, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0498 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.142 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7380, 55.6169, 16.4550)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB53 #5653CB

analogous

#CB9253 #C8CB53 #8CCB53

triadic

#C8CB53 #53C8CB #CB53C8

tetradic

#C8CB53 #53CB92 #5653CB #CB538C

square

#C8CB53 #53CB92 #5653CB #CB538C

split-complementary

#C8CB53 #538CCB #9253CB

monochromatic

#7B7E26 #AAAD34 #C8CB53 #D7D982 #E6E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#C8CB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB53

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB53	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)

#DAC345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.142 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda88',
    500: '#c8cb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb53;
$custom-light: #dbda88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81666,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB53

secondary

#3F3D86

accent

#4BDD4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB53

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

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