#C8CB5B#C8CB5B

#C8CB5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.135 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB5B
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 91)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 55.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -15.94, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 56.76, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0472 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.135 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0649, 55.7477, 18.1766)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB5B #5E5BCB

analogous

#CB965B #C8CB5B #90CB5B

triadic

#C8CB5B #5BC8CB #CB5BC8

tetradic

#C8CB5B #5BCB96 #5E5BCB #CB5B90

square

#C8CB5B #5BCB96 #5E5BCB #CB5B90

split-complementary

#C8CB5B #5B90CB #965BCB

monochromatic

#808229 #AEB138 #C8CB5B #D8DA89 #E7E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#C8CB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB5B

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB5B	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)

#D9C34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.135 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda8d',
    500: '#c8cb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb5b;
$custom-light: #dbda8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.607,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8175,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB5B

secondary

#42408A

accent

#4CDB50

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB5B

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

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