#C8CC55#C8CC55

#C8CC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.141 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC55
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -16.89, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 59.82, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0505 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.141 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0532, 56.1221, 16.9466)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC55 #5955CC

analogous

#CC9555 #C8CC55 #8DCC55

triadic

#C8CC55 #55C8CC #CC55C8

tetradic

#C8CC55 #55CC95 #5955CC #CC558D

square

#C8CC55 #55CC95 #5955CC #CC558D

split-complementary

#C8CC55 #558DCC #9555CC

monochromatic

#7D8026 #ABAF35 #C8CC55 #D7DA84 #E6E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C8CC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#C8CC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC55

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC55	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.141 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdb89',
    500: '#c8cc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc55;
$custom-light: #dbdb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.017,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81902,
    "c": 0.14145,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC55

secondary

#403D88

accent

#4BDD50

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC55

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

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