#C8CB61#C8CB61

#C8CB61 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.130 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB61
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 52.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -15.45, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 54.05, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0452 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.13 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3341, 55.8554, 19.5946)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB61 #6461CB

analogous

#CB9961 #C8CB61 #93CB61

triadic

#C8CB61 #61C8CB #CB61C8

tetradic

#C8CB61 #61CB99 #6461CB #CB6193

square

#C8CB61 #61CB99 #6461CB #CB6193

split-complementary

#C8CB61 #6193CB #9961CB

monochromatic

#83862C #B0B43B #C8CB61 #D8DA8F #E8E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#C8CB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB61

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB61	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.130 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda91',
    500: '#c8cb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb61;
$custom-light: #dbda91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.698,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81818,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB61

secondary

#45438D

accent

#4EDA52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB61

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

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