#C8CE42#C8CE42

#C8CE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.158 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CE42
RGB	rgb(200, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -19.08, 65.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 68.27, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0587 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.158 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8755, 56.8164, 13.6506)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CE42 #4842CE

analogous

#CE8E42 #C8CE42 #82CE42

triadic

#C8CE42 #42C8CE #CE42C8

tetradic

#C8CE42 #42CE8E #4842CE #CE4282

square

#C8CE42 #42CE8E #4842CE #CE4282

split-complementary

#C8CE42 #4282CE #8E42CE

monochromatic

#73771F #A2A72B #C8CE42 #D6DB73 #E4E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C8CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#C8CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CE42

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CE42	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)

#DDC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.158 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc7f',
    500: '#c8ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ce42;
$custom-light: #dcdc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82168,
    "c": 0.1579,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CE42

secondary

#38357F

accent

#46E24C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CE42

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

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