#C8CB59#C8CB59

#C8CB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.137 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB59
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -16.09, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 57.65, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0479 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.137 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9797, 55.7136, 17.7283)
Luminance	0.5571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB59 #5C59CB

analogous

#CB9559 #C8CB59 #8FCB59

triadic

#C8CB59 #59C8CB #CB59C8

tetradic

#C8CB59 #59CB95 #5C59CB #CB598F

square

#C8CB59 #59CB95 #5C59CB #CB598F

split-complementary

#C8CB59 #598FCB #9559CB

monochromatic

#7F8128 #ADB037 #C8CB59 #D7DA88 #E7E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#C8CB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB59

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB59	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)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.137 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda8c',
    500: '#c8cb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb59;
$custom-light: #dbda8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.579,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81728,
    "c": 0.13691,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB59

secondary

#413F89

accent

#4CDC50

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB59

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

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