#C8CC57#C8CC57

#C8CC57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.140 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC57
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -16.74, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 58.96, 106.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0499 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.14 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1338, 56.1543, 17.3709)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC57 #5B57CC

analogous

#CC9557 #C8CC57 #8ECC57

triadic

#C8CC57 #57C8CC #CC57C8

tetradic

#C8CC57 #57CC95 #5B57CC #CC578E

square

#C8CC57 #57CC95 #5B57CC #CC578E

split-complementary

#C8CC57 #578ECC #9557CC

monochromatic

#7E8127 #ACB036 #C8CC57 #D7DA86 #E7E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C8CC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#C8CC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC57

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC57	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)

#DAC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.140 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdb8b',
    500: '#c8cc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc57;
$custom-light: #dbdb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.051,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81922,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC57

secondary

#413E89

accent

#4BDD50

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC57

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

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