#C8CD37#C8CD37

#C8CD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.164 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C8CD37
RGBrgb(200, 205, 55)
HSLhsl(62, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(62, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(2.4%, 0%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(79.74, -19.13, 69.11)
CIE-LCHlch(79.74, 71.71, 105.47°)
OKLaboklab(81.88% -0.0598 0.1523)
OKLCHoklch(81.88% 0.164 111.4)
XYZxyz(46.3419, 56.2190, 12.0239)
Luminance0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C8CD37 #3C37CD
analogous
#CD8737 #C8CD37 #7DCD37
triadic
#C8CD37 #37C8CD #CD37C8
tetradic
#C8CD37 #37CD87 #3C37CD #CD377D
square
#C8CD37 #37CD87 #3C37CD #CD377D
split-complementary
#C8CD37 #377DCD #8737CD
monochromatic
#6B6E1C #9B9F28 #C8CD37 #D5D968 #E3E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72
#C8CD37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24
#C8CD37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD37
12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C8CD37#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C8CD371.001.7212.2412.24
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2421.001.001.00
##00000012.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC417
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC743
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6C0B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c8cd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.164 111.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc79',
    500: '#c8cd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c8cd37;
$custom-light: #dcdc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c8cd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81877,
    "c": 0.16359,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C8CD37
secondary
#333177
accent
#45E34A
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#16150A
muted
#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD37

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#C8CD37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva