#C8CC36#C8CC36

#C8CC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.163 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC36
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -18.68, 69.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 71.66, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0587 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.163 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0797, 55.7327, 11.8194)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC36 #3A36CC

analogous

#CC8536 #C8CC36 #7DCC36

triadic

#C8CC36 #36C8CC #CC36C8

tetradic

#C8CC36 #36CC85 #3A36CC #CC367D

square

#C8CC36 #36CC85 #3A36CC #CC367D

split-complementary

#C8CC36 #367DCC #8536CC

monochromatic

#6A6C1B #9A9D28 #C8CC36 #D5D867 #E3E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#C8CC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC36

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC36	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)

#DCC315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.163 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdb78',
    500: '#c8cc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc36;
$custom-light: #dcdb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81653,
    "c": 0.16314,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC36

secondary

#323076

accent

#45E349

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC36

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

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