#C8CD49#C8CD49

#C8CD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.152 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD49
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -18.19, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 65.20, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0555 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.152 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8547, 56.4242, 14.7248)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD49 #4E49CD

analogous

#CD9049 #C8CD49 #86CD49

triadic

#C8CD49 #49C8CD #CD49C8

tetradic

#C8CD49 #49CD90 #4E49CD #CD4986

square

#C8CD49 #49CD90 #4E49CD #CD4986

split-complementary

#C8CD49 #4986CD #9049CD

monochromatic

#777A22 #A5AA2F #C8CD49 #D7DA79 #E5E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#C8CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD49

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD49	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.152 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc82',
    500: '#c8cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd49;
$custom-light: #dcdc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82007,
    "c": 0.15198,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD49

secondary

#3B3882

accent

#48E04D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD49

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

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