#C8CB79#C8CB79

#C8CB79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.105 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB79
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 40.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -13.14, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 42.57, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0364 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.105 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6272, 56.3726, 26.4048)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB79 #7C79CB

analogous

#CBA579 #C8CB79 #9FCB79

triadic

#C8CB79 #79C8CB #CB79C8

tetradic

#C8CB79 #79CBA5 #7C79CB #CB799F

square

#C8CB79 #79CBA5 #7C79CB #CB799F

split-complementary

#C8CB79 #799FCB #A579CB

monochromatic

#8E9138 #B6BA4D #C8CB79 #DADCA5 #ECEDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8CB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#C8CB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB79

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB79	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.105 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadaa1',
    500: '#c8cb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb79;
$custom-light: #dadaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.195,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82148,
    "c": 0.10485,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB79

secondary

#535098

accent

#2EB733

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB79

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

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