#C8CE40#C8CE40

#C8CE40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.159 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CE40
RGB	rgb(200, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -19.19, 66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 69.00, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0592 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.159 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8176, 56.7933, 13.3455)
Luminance	0.5679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CE40 #4640CE

analogous

#CE8D40 #C8CE40 #81CE40

triadic

#C8CE40 #40C8CE #CE40C8

tetradic

#C8CE40 #40CE8D #4640CE #CE4081

square

#C8CE40 #40CE8D #4640CE #CE4081

split-complementary

#C8CE40 #4081CE #8D40CE

monochromatic

#72751E #A1A62B #C8CE40 #D6DA71 #E4E7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C8CE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#C8CE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CE40

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CE40	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.159 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc7d',
    500: '#c8ce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ce40;
$custom-light: #dcdc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.535,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82153,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CE40

secondary

#37347E

accent

#45E24C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CE40

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

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