#C8CB62#C8CB62

#C8CB62 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.129 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB62
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 98)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 51.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -15.37, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 53.59, 106.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0449 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.129 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3810, 55.8741, 19.8418)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB62 #6562CB

analogous

#CB9A62 #C8CB62 #94CB62

triadic

#C8CB62 #62C8CB #CB62C8

tetradic

#C8CB62 #62CB9A #6562CB #CB6294

square

#C8CB62 #62CB9A #6562CB #CB6294

split-complementary

#C8CB62 #6294CB #9A62CB

monochromatic

#84862C #B1B43C #C8CB62 #D8DA90 #E8E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C8CB62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#C8CB62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB62

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB62	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	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)

#D9C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.129 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda91',
    500: '#c8cb62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb62;
$custom-light: #dbda91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 50.239,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8183,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB62

secondary

#46448D

accent

#4EDA52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB62

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

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