#C8CD72#C8CD72

#C8CD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.115 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD72
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -14.88, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 46.95, 108.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0419 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.115 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6887, 57.1578, 24.3840)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD72 #7772CD

analogous

#CDA572 #C8CD72 #9ACD72

triadic

#C8CD72 #72C8CD #CD72C8

tetradic

#C8CD72 #72CDA5 #7772CD #CD729A

square

#C8CD72 #72CDA5 #7772CD #CD729A

split-complementary

#C8CD72 #729ACD #A572CD

monochromatic

#8C9133 #B6BD45 #C8CD72 #DADD9F #EBEDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C8CD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#C8CD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD72

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD72	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.115 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc9c',
    500: '#c8cd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd72;
$custom-light: #dadc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.297,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8247,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD72

secondary

#504C97

accent

#2BBB33

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD72

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

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