#C8CC5B#C8CC5B

#C8CC5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.136 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC5B
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 55.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -16.44, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 57.20, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0486 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.136 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3018, 56.2215, 18.2556)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC5B #5F5BCC

analogous

#CC975B #C8CC5B #8FCC5B

triadic

#C8CC5B #5BC8CC #CC5BC8

tetradic

#C8CC5B #5BCC97 #5F5BCC #CC5B8F

square

#C8CC5B #5BCC97 #5F5BCC #CC5B8F

split-complementary

#C8CC5B #5B8FCC #975BCC

monochromatic

#808429 #AEB237 #C8CC5B #D8DB8A #E7E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C8CC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#C8CC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC5B

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC5B	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)

#DAC44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.136 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdb8d',
    500: '#c8cc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc5b;
$custom-light: #dbdb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.124,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81965,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC5B

secondary

#43408B

accent

#4CDC51

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC5B

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

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