#C8CD59#C8CD59

#C8CD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.139 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD59
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -17.09, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 58.52, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0507 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.139 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4551, 56.6643, 17.8867)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD59 #5E59CD

analogous

#CD9859 #C8CD59 #8ECD59

triadic

#C8CD59 #59C8CD #CD59C8

tetradic

#C8CD59 #59CD98 #5E59CD #CD598E

square

#C8CD59 #59CD98 #5E59CD #CD598E

split-complementary

#C8CD59 #598ECD #9859CD

monochromatic

#808428 #AEB336 #C8CD59 #D8DB88 #E7E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C8CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#C8CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD59

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD59	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)

#DBC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.139 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc8c',
    500: '#c8cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd59;
$custom-light: #dbdc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.586,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82159,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD59

secondary

#423F8B

accent

#4BDD51

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD59

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

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