#C8CD3E#C8CD3E

#C8CD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.159 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD3E
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 62)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -18.80, 66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 69.32, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0583 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.159 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5217, 56.2910, 12.9711)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD3E #433ECD

analogous

#CD8B3E #C8CD3E #80CD3E

triadic

#C8CD3E #3EC8CD #CD3EC8

tetradic

#C8CD3E #3ECD8B #433ECD #CD3E80

square

#C8CD3E #3ECD8B #433ECD #CD3E80

split-complementary

#C8CD3E #3E80CD #8B3ECD

monochromatic

#70731E #9FA32A #C8CD3E #D6DA6F #E4E69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8CD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#C8CD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD3E

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD3E	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.159 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc7c',
    500: '#c8cd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd3e;
$custom-light: #dcdc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.098,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81922,
    "c": 0.15945,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD3E

secondary

#36347C

accent

#46E24B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD3E

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

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