#C8CD5B#C8CD5B

#C8CD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.137 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD5B
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -16.94, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 57.64, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0501 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.137 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5402, 56.6984, 18.3351)
Luminance	0.5670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD5B #605BCD

analogous

#CD995B #C8CD5B #8FCD5B

triadic

#C8CD5B #5BC8CD #CD5BC8

tetradic

#C8CD5B #5BCD99 #605BCD #CD5B8F

square

#C8CD5B #5BCD99 #605BCD #CD5B8F

split-complementary

#C8CD5B #5B8FCD #995BCD

monochromatic

#818529 #AEB437 #C8CD5B #D8DB8A #E7EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C8CD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#C8CD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD5B

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD5B	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.137 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc8d',
    500: '#c8cd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd5b;
$custom-light: #dbdc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.632,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8218,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD5B

secondary

#43408C

accent

#4BDD52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD5B

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

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