#C8CB5A#C8CB5A

#C8CB5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.136 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB5A
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 90)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 55.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -16.02, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 57.21, 106.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0475 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.136 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0220, 55.7305, 17.9509)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB5A #5D5ACB

analogous

#CB965A #C8CB5A #8FCB5A

triadic

#C8CB5A #5AC8CB #CB5AC8

tetradic

#C8CB5A #5ACB96 #5D5ACB #CB5A8F

square

#C8CB5A #5ACB96 #5D5ACB #CB5A8F

split-complementary

#C8CB5A #5A8FCB #965ACB

monochromatic

#7F8229 #ADB038 #C8CB5A #D8DA89 #E7E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#C8CB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB5A

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB5A	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.136 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda8c',
    500: '#c8cb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb5a;
$custom-light: #dbda8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.593,
    "s": 52.074,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81739,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB5A

secondary

#424089

accent

#4CDC50

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB5A

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

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