#C8CB57#C8CB57

#C8CB57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.139 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB57
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -16.24, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 58.53, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0485 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.139 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8969, 55.6805, 17.2920)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB57 #5A57CB

analogous

#CB9457 #C8CB57 #8ECB57

triadic

#C8CB57 #57C8CB #CB57C8

tetradic

#C8CB57 #57CB94 #5A57CB #CB578E

square

#C8CB57 #57CB94 #5A57CB #CB578E

split-complementary

#C8CB57 #578ECB #9457CB

monochromatic

#7E8028 #ACAF36 #C8CB57 #D7D986 #E7E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#C8CB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB57

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB57	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.139 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda8b',
    500: '#c8cb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb57;
$custom-light: #dbda8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.552,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81707,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB57

secondary

#403F88

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB57

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

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