#C8CD5E#C8CD5E

#C8CD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.135 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD5E
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 94)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -16.70, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 56.30, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0491 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.135 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6722, 56.7512, 19.0303)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD5E #635ECD

analogous

#CD9A5E #C8CD5E #90CD5E

triadic

#C8CD5E #5EC8CD #CD5EC8

tetradic

#C8CD5E #5ECD9A #635ECD #CD5E90

square

#C8CD5E #5ECD9A #635ECD #CD5E90

split-complementary

#C8CD5E #5E90CD #9A5ECD

monochromatic

#83872A #B0B538 #C8CD5E #D8DC8D #E8EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C8CD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#C8CD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD5E

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD5E	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.135 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc8f',
    500: '#c8cd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd5e;
$custom-light: #dbdc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.703,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82214,
    "c": 0.13467,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD5E

secondary

#45418E

accent

#4CDC52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD5E

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

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