#C8CC45#C8CC45

#C8CC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.154 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC45
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 69)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -17.93, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 66.35, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0551 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.154 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.4879, 55.8959, 13.9692)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC45 #4945CC

analogous

#CC8C45 #C8CC45 #84CC45

triadic

#C8CC45 #45C8CC #CC45C8

tetradic

#C8CC45 #45CC8C #4945CC #CC4584

square

#C8CC45 #45CC8C #4945CC #CC4584

split-complementary

#C8CC45 #4584CC #8C45CC

monochromatic

#747620 #A3A62E #C8CC45 #D6D975 #E4E6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C8CC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#C8CC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC45

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC45	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.154 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdb80',
    500: '#c8cc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc45;
$custom-light: #dcdb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.778,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81758,
    "c": 0.15378,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.55895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC45

secondary

#39367F

accent

#48E04C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC45

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

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