#C8CD4A#C8CD4A

#C8CD4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.151 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD4A
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 74)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -18.13, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 64.80, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0552 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.151 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8881, 56.4375, 14.9008)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD4A #4F4ACD

analogous

#CD914A #C8CD4A #87CD4A

triadic

#C8CD4A #4AC8CD #CD4AC8

tetradic

#C8CD4A #4ACD91 #4F4ACD #CD4A87

square

#C8CD4A #4ACD91 #4F4ACD #CD4A87

split-complementary

#C8CD4A #4A87CD #914ACD

monochromatic

#777B22 #A6AB2F #C8CD4A #D7DA7A #E5E7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8CD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#C8CD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD4A

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD4A	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.151 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc83',
    500: '#c8cd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd4a;
$custom-light: #dcdc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.29,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82015,
    "c": 0.15125,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD4A

secondary

#3B3883

accent

#48E04E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD4A

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

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