#C8CD5F#C8CD5F

#C8CD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.134 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD5F
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 95)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -16.62, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 55.85, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0487 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.134 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7174, 56.7692, 19.2681)
Luminance	0.5677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD5F #645FCD

analogous

#CD9B5F #C8CD5F #91CD5F

triadic

#C8CD5F #5FC8CD #CD5FC8

tetradic

#C8CD5F #5FCD9B #645FCD #CD5F91

square

#C8CD5F #5FCD9B #645FCD #CD5F91

split-complementary

#C8CD5F #5F91CD #9B5FCD

monochromatic

#83872A #B0B639 #C8CD5F #D8DC8E #E8EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C8CD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#C8CD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD5F

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD5F	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)

#DBC554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.134 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc90',
    500: '#c8cd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd5f;
$custom-light: #dbdc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82225,
    "c": 0.13374,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD5F

secondary

#45428E

accent

#4CDC53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD5F

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

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