#C8CB5E#C8CB5E

#C8CB5E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.132 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB5E
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 94)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 53.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -15.70, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 55.42, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0462 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.132 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1969, 55.8005, 18.8718)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB5E #615ECB

analogous

#CB975E #C8CB5E #91CB5E

triadic

#C8CB5E #5EC8CB #CB5EC8

tetradic

#C8CB5E #5ECB97 #615ECB #CB5E91

square

#C8CB5E #5ECB97 #615ECB #CB5E91

split-complementary

#C8CB5E #5E91CB #975ECB

monochromatic

#82842B #AFB23A #C8CB5E #D8DA8C #E8E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#C8CB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB5E

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB5E	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.132 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda8f',
    500: '#c8cb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb5e;
$custom-light: #dbda8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.651,
    "s": 51.174,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81783,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB5E

secondary

#44428B

accent

#4DDB51

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB5E

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

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