#C8CD57#C8CD57

#C8CD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.141 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD57
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -17.24, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 59.39, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0513 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.141 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3722, 56.6312, 17.4504)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD57 #5C57CD

analogous

#CD9757 #C8CD57 #8DCD57

triadic

#C8CD57 #57C8CD #CD57C8

tetradic

#C8CD57 #57CD97 #5C57CD #CD578D

square

#C8CD57 #57CD97 #5C57CD #CD578D

split-complementary

#C8CD57 #578DCD #9757CD

monochromatic

#7F8327 #ADB235 #C8CD57 #D7DB86 #E7E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C8CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#C8CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD57

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD57	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.141 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc8b',
    500: '#c8cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd57;
$custom-light: #dbdc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.542,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82138,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD57

secondary

#413E8A

accent

#4ADD51

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD57

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

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