#C8CC56#C8CC56

#C8CC56 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 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC56
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -16.82, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 59.39, 106.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0502 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.141 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0932, 56.1381, 17.1573)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC56 #5A56CC

analogous

#CC9556 #C8CC56 #8DCC56

triadic

#C8CC56 #56C8CC #CC56C8

tetradic

#C8CC56 #56CC95 #5A56CC #CC568D

square

#C8CC56 #56CC95 #5A56CC #CC568D

split-complementary

#C8CC56 #568DCC #9556CC

monochromatic

#7E8127 #ACB035 #C8CC56 #D7DA85 #E7E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C8CC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#C8CC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC56

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC56	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.141 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdb8a',
    500: '#c8cc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc56;
$custom-light: #dbdb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.034,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81912,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC56

secondary

#403E88

accent

#4BDD50

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC56

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

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