#C8CE51#C8CE51

#C8CE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.147 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CE51
RGB	rgb(200, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -18.17, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 62.37, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0546 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.147 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3772, 57.0171, 16.2927)
Luminance	0.5702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CE51 #5751CE

analogous

#CE9651 #C8CE51 #8ACE51

triadic

#C8CE51 #51C8CE #CE51C8

tetradic

#C8CE51 #51CE96 #5751CE #CE518A

square

#C8CE51 #51CE96 #5751CE #CE518A

split-complementary

#C8CE51 #518ACE #9651CE

monochromatic

#7C8024 #AAB032 #C8CE51 #D7DB81 #E6E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C8CE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#C8CE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CE51

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CE51	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.147 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc87',
    500: '#c8ce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ce51;
$custom-light: #dbdc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.88,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82295,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CE51

secondary

#3F3B88

accent

#48DF50

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CE51

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

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