#C8CD40#C8CD40

#C8CD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.158 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD40
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -18.70, 66.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 68.61, 105.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0578 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.158 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5776, 56.3133, 13.2655)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD40 #4540CD

analogous

#CD8C40 #C8CD40 #81CD40

triadic

#C8CD40 #40C8CD #CD40C8

tetradic

#C8CD40 #40CD8C #4540CD #CD4081

square

#C8CD40 #40CD8C #4540CD #CD4081

split-complementary

#C8CD40 #4081CD #8C40CD

monochromatic

#71741E #A0A52B #C8CD40 #D6DA71 #E4E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#C8CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD40

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD40	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)

#DDC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.158 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc7d',
    500: '#c8cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd40;
$custom-light: #dcdc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.128,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81936,
    "c": 0.15817,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD40

secondary

#37347D

accent

#46E24C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD40

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

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