#C8CC49#C8CC49

#C8CC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.151 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC49
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -17.69, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 64.79, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0541 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.151 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.6163, 55.9473, 14.6453)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC49 #4D49CC

analogous

#CC8F49 #C8CC49 #87CC49

triadic

#C8CC49 #49C8CC #CC49C8

tetradic

#C8CC49 #49CC8F #4D49CC #CC4987

square

#C8CC49 #49CC8F #4D49CC #CC4987

split-complementary

#C8CC49 #4987CC #8F49CC

monochromatic

#767922 #A5A92F #C8CC49 #D6D979 #E5E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C8CC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#C8CC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC49

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC49	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.151 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdb82',
    500: '#c8cc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc49;
$custom-light: #dcdb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.832,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8179,
    "c": 0.15091,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.55946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC49

secondary

#3A3881

accent

#48E04D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC49

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

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