#C8CD55#C8CD55

#C8CD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.143 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD55
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -17.39, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 60.25, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.052 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.143 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2917, 56.5989, 17.0260)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD55 #5A55CD

analogous

#CD9655 #C8CD55 #8CCD55

triadic

#C8CD55 #55C8CD #CD55C8

tetradic

#C8CD55 #55CD96 #5A55CD #CD558C

square

#C8CD55 #55CD96 #5A55CD #CD558C

split-complementary

#C8CD55 #558CCD #9655CD

monochromatic

#7E8226 #ACB134 #C8CD55 #D7DB84 #E7E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C8CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#C8CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD55

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD55	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.143 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc89',
    500: '#c8cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd55;
$custom-light: #dbdc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82117,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD55

secondary

#403D89

accent

#4ADE50

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD55

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

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