#C8CC59#C8CC59

#C8CC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.138 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC59
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -16.59, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 58.08, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0493 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.138 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2166, 56.1874, 17.8072)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC59 #5D59CC

analogous

#CC9759 #C8CC59 #8ECC59

triadic

#C8CC59 #59C8CC #CC59C8

tetradic

#C8CC59 #59CC97 #5D59CC #CC598E

square

#C8CC59 #59CC97 #5D59CC #CC598E

split-complementary

#C8CC59 #598ECC #9759CC

monochromatic

#7F8328 #ADB136 #C8CC59 #D8DA88 #E7E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C8CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#C8CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC59

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC59	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.138 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdb8c',
    500: '#c8cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc59;
$custom-light: #dbdb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.087,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81943,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC59

secondary

#423F8A

accent

#4BDC50

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →