#C8CD3C#C8CD3C

#C8CD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.161 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD3C
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 60)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -18.90, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 70.03, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0587 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.161 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4679, 56.2694, 12.6874)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD3C #413CCD

analogous

#CD8A3C #C8CD3C #80CD3C

triadic

#C8CD3C #3CC8CD #CD3CC8

tetradic

#C8CD3C #3CCD8A #413CCD #CD3C80

square

#C8CD3C #3CCD8A #413CCD #CD3C80

split-complementary

#C8CD3C #3C80CD #8A3CCD

monochromatic

#6F711D #9EA22A #C8CD3C #D6D96D #E3E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8CD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#C8CD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD3C

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD3C	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)

#DDC422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.161 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc7b',
    500: '#c8cd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd3c;
$custom-light: #dcdc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81909,
    "c": 0.16067,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD3C

secondary

#35337A

accent

#45E24B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD3C

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

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