#C8CD69#C8CD69

#C8CD69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.124 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD69
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 105)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -15.75, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 51.24, 107.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0453 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.124 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2015, 56.9629, 21.8176)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD69 #6E69CD

analogous

#CDA069 #C8CD69 #96CD69

triadic

#C8CD69 #69C8CD #CD69C8

tetradic

#C8CD69 #69CDA0 #6E69CD #CD6996

square

#C8CD69 #69CDA0 #6E69CD #CD6996

split-complementary

#C8CD69 #6996CD #A069CD

monochromatic

#888D2F #B4BB3E #C8CD69 #D9DC97 #EAECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C8CD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#C8CD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD69

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD69	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC86E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.124 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc96',
    500: '#c8cd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd69;
$custom-light: #dadc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82347,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD69

secondary

#4B4793

accent

#28BD30

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD69

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

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