#C8CD4D#C8CD4D

#C8CD4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.149 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD4D
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 77)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -17.94, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 63.59, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0543 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.149 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9916, 56.4789, 15.4459)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD4D #524DCD

analogous

#CD924D #C8CD4D #88CD4D

triadic

#C8CD4D #4DC8CD #CD4DC8

tetradic

#C8CD4D #4DCD92 #524DCD #CD4D88

square

#C8CD4D #4DCD92 #524DCD #CD4D88

split-complementary

#C8CD4D #4D88CD #924DCD

monochromatic

#797D23 #A8AC30 #C8CD4D #D7DA7D #E6E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8CD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#C8CD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD4D

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD4D	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.149 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc85',
    500: '#c8cd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd4d;
$custom-light: #dcdc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.344,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82041,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD4D

secondary

#3D3A84

accent

#48DF4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD4D

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

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