#C8CD38#C8CD38

#C8CD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.163 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD38
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -19.09, 68.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 71.38, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0596 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.163 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3661, 56.2287, 12.1514)
Luminance	0.5623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD38 #3D38CD

analogous

#CD8738 #C8CD38 #7DCD38

triadic

#C8CD38 #38C8CD #CD38C8

tetradic

#C8CD38 #38CD87 #3D38CD #CD387D

square

#C8CD38 #38CD87 #3D38CD #CD387D

split-complementary

#C8CD38 #387DCD #8738CD

monochromatic

#6C6F1C #9CA028 #C8CD38 #D6D969 #E3E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#C8CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD38

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD38	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.163 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc79',
    500: '#c8cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd38;
$custom-light: #dcdc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.013,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81883,
    "c": 0.16303,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD38

secondary

#343178

accent

#45E34A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD38

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

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