#C8CC51#C8CC51

#C8CC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.145 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC51
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -17.17, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 61.52, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0518 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.145 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.8988, 56.0603, 16.1332)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC51 #5551CC

analogous

#CC9251 #C8CC51 #8ACC51

triadic

#C8CC51 #51C8CC #CC51C8

tetradic

#C8CC51 #51CC92 #5551CC #CC518A

square

#C8CC51 #51CC92 #5551CC #CC518A

split-complementary

#C8CC51 #518ACC #9251CC

monochromatic

#7B7E25 #A9AD33 #C8CC51 #D7DA80 #E6E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C8CC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#C8CC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC51

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC51	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.145 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdb87',
    500: '#c8cc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc51;
$custom-light: #dbdb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.951,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81862,
    "c": 0.14475,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.56059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC51

secondary

#3E3C86

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC51

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

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