#C8CC42#C8CC42

#C8CC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.156 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC42
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -18.09, 65.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 67.48, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0559 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.156 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.3971, 55.8596, 13.4911)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC42 #4642CC

analogous

#CC8B42 #C8CC42 #83CC42

triadic

#C8CC42 #42C8CC #CC42C8

tetradic

#C8CC42 #42CC8B #4642CC #CC4283

square

#C8CC42 #42CC8B #4642CC #CC4283

split-complementary

#C8CC42 #4283CC #8B42CC

monochromatic

#72741F #A1A42C #C8CC42 #D6D972 #E4E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#C8CC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC42

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC42	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)

#DCC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.156 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdb7e',
    500: '#c8cc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc42;
$custom-light: #dcdb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81734,
    "c": 0.15583,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.55858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC42

secondary

#37357D

accent

#47E14C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC42

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

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