#C8CD79#C8CD79

#C8CD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.107 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD79
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(64, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -14.15, 41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 43.53, 108.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.0393 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.107 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1025, 57.3233, 26.5633)
Luminance	0.5732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD79 #7E79CD

analogous

#CDA879 #C8CD79 #9ECD79

triadic

#C8CD79 #79C8CD #CD79C8

tetradic

#C8CD79 #79CDA8 #7E79CD #CD799E

square

#C8CD79 #79CDA8 #7E79CD #CD799E

split-complementary

#C8CD79 #799ECD #A879CD

monochromatic

#8F9437 #B6BC4C #C8CD79 #DADEA6 #EDEED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C8CD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#C8CD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD79

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD79	1.00	1.68	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.107 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadca1',
    500: '#c8cd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd79;
$custom-light: #dadca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.571,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82574,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD79

secondary

#54509B

accent

#2DB935

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD79

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

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