#C8CD44#C8CD44

#C8CD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.156 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD44
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 68)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -18.48, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 67.13, 105.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0568 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.156 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6956, 56.3605, 13.8866)
Luminance	0.5636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD44 #4944CD

analogous

#CD8D44 #C8CD44 #83CD44

triadic

#C8CD44 #44C8CD #CD44C8

tetradic

#C8CD44 #44CD8D #4944CD #CD4483

square

#C8CD44 #44CD8D #4944CD #CD4483

split-complementary

#C8CD44 #4483CD #8D44CD

monochromatic

#747720 #A3A72D #C8CD44 #D6DA74 #E4E7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8CD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#C8CD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD44

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD44	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.156 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc80',
    500: '#c8cd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd44;
$custom-light: #dcdc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.19,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81966,
    "c": 0.15552,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD44

secondary

#39367F

accent

#47E14C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD44

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

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