#C8CC40#C8CC40

#C8CC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.157 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC40
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -18.20, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 68.21, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0564 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.157 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.3392, 55.8365, 13.1860)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC40 #4440CC

analogous

#CC8A40 #C8CC40 #82CC40

triadic

#C8CC40 #40C8CC #CC40C8

tetradic

#C8CC40 #40CC8A #4440CC #CC4082

square

#C8CC40 #40CC8A #4440CC #CC4082

split-complementary

#C8CC40 #4082CC #8A40CC

monochromatic

#71731F #A0A32C #C8CC40 #D6D970 #E4E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#C8CC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC40

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC40	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)

#DCC329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.157 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdb7d',
    500: '#c8cc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc40;
$custom-light: #dcdb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8172,
    "c": 0.15715,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.55835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC40

secondary

#36347C

accent

#47E14B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC40

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

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