#C8CC61#C8CC61

#C8CC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.131 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC61
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -15.95, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 54.49, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0466 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.131 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5710, 56.3292, 19.6736)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC61 #6561CC

analogous

#CC9B61 #C8CC61 #93CC61

triadic

#C8CC61 #61C8CC #CC61C8

tetradic

#C8CC61 #61CC9B #6561CC #CC6193

square

#C8CC61 #61CC9B #6561CC #CC6193

split-complementary

#C8CC61 #6193CC #9B61CC

monochromatic

#84872C #B1B53B #C8CC61 #D8DB8F #E8EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8CC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#C8CC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC61

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC61	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.131 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdb91',
    500: '#c8cc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc61;
$custom-light: #dbdb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.243,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82033,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC61

secondary

#46438E

accent

#4DDB52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC61

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

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