#C8CB56#C8CB56

#C8CB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.140 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB56
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -16.32, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 58.96, 106.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0488 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.14 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8563, 55.6642, 17.0783)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB56 #5956CB

analogous

#CB9356 #C8CB56 #8ECB56

triadic

#C8CB56 #56C8CB #CB56C8

tetradic

#C8CB56 #56CB93 #5956CB #CB568E

square

#C8CB56 #56CB93 #5956CB #CB568E

split-complementary

#C8CB56 #568ECB #9356CB

monochromatic

#7D7F27 #ABAE36 #C8CB56 #D7D985 #E6E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#C8CB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB56

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB56	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.140 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda8a',
    500: '#c8cb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb56;
$custom-light: #dbda8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.538,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81696,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB56

secondary

#403E87

accent

#4BDC4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB56

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

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