#C8CD36#C8CD36

#C8CD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.164 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD36
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -19.18, 69.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 72.04, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.06 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.164 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3182, 56.2095, 11.8989)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD36 #3B36CD

analogous

#CD8636 #C8CD36 #7CCD36

triadic

#C8CD36 #36C8CD #CD36C8

tetradic

#C8CD36 #36CD86 #3B36CD #CD367C

square

#C8CD36 #36CD86 #3B36CD #CD367C

split-complementary

#C8CD36 #367CCD #8636CD

monochromatic

#6B6D1B #9A9E27 #C8CD36 #D5D967 #E3E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C8CD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#C8CD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD36

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD36	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)

#DDC414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.164 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc78',
    500: '#c8cd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd36;
$custom-light: #dcdc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.987,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81871,
    "c": 0.16414,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD36

secondary

#333077

accent

#44E34A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD36

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

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