#C8CD3A#C8CD3A

#C8CD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.162 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD3A
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 58)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -18.99, 68.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 70.71, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0592 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.162 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4160, 56.2487, 12.4142)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD3A #3F3ACD

analogous

#CD893A #C8CD3A #7FCD3A

triadic

#C8CD3A #3AC8CD #CD3AC8

tetradic

#C8CD3A #3ACD89 #3F3ACD #CD3A7F

square

#C8CD3A #3ACD89 #3F3ACD #CD3A7F

split-complementary

#C8CD3A #3A7FCD #893ACD

monochromatic

#6D701C #9DA129 #C8CD3A #D6D96B #E3E69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8CD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#C8CD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD3A

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD3A	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)

#DDC41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.162 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc7a',
    500: '#c8cd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd3a;
$custom-light: #dcdc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.041,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81895,
    "c": 0.16187,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD3A

secondary

#343279

accent

#45E34A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD3A

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

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