#C8CD51#C8CD51

#C8CD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.146 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD51
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -17.67, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 61.95, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0532 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.146 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1372, 56.5372, 16.2127)
Luminance	0.5654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD51 #5651CD

analogous

#CD9451 #C8CD51 #8ACD51

triadic

#C8CD51 #51C8CD #CD51C8

tetradic

#C8CD51 #51CD94 #5651CD #CD518A

square

#C8CD51 #51CD94 #5651CD #CD518A

split-complementary

#C8CD51 #518ACD #9451CD

monochromatic

#7B7F25 #AAAF32 #C8CD51 #D7DB81 #E6E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#C8CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD51

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD51	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.146 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc87',
    500: '#c8cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd51;
$custom-light: #dbdc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.419,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82078,
    "c": 0.14584,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD51

secondary

#3F3B87

accent

#49DF4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD51

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

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