#C8CD3F#C8CD3F

#C8CD3F 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	#C8CD3F
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 63)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -18.75, 66.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 68.97, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.058 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.159 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5494, 56.3021, 13.1169)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD3F #443FCD

analogous

#CD8B3F #C8CD3F #81CD3F

triadic

#C8CD3F #3FC8CD #CD3FC8

tetradic

#C8CD3F #3FCD8B #443FCD #CD3F81

square

#C8CD3F #3FCD8B #443FCD #CD3F81

split-complementary

#C8CD3F #3F81CD #8B3FCD

monochromatic

#71741E #A0A42B #C8CD3F #D6DA70 #E4E6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8CD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#C8CD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD3F

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD3F	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)

#DDC427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.159 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc7d',
    500: '#c8cd3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd3f;
$custom-light: #dcdc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.113,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81929,
    "c": 0.15882,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD3F

secondary

#36347C

accent

#46E24B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD3F

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

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