#C8CE31#C8CE31

#C8CE31 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.168 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CE31
RGB	rgb(200, 206, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 76.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -19.87, 71.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 73.96, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0624 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.168 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4467, 56.6449, 11.3920)
Luminance	0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CE31 #3731CE

analogous

#CE8631 #C8CE31 #79CE31

triadic

#C8CE31 #31C8CE #CE31C8

tetradic

#C8CE31 #31CE86 #3731CE #CE3179

square

#C8CE31 #31CE86 #3731CE #CE3179

split-complementary

#C8CE31 #3179CE #8631CE

monochromatic

#686B19 #989D25 #C8CE31 #D5DA62 #E2E694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C8CE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#C8CE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CE31

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CE31	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC401

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ce31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 206, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.168 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc76',
    500: '#c8ce31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ce31;
$custom-light: #dddc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ce31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.293,
    "s": 61.569,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8206,
    "c": 0.16775,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CE31

secondary

#312E75

accent

#43E549

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CE31

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

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