#C8CE57#C8CE57

#C8CE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.142 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CE57
RGB	rgb(200, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -17.74, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 59.82, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0527 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.142 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6122, 57.1111, 17.5304)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CE57 #5D57CE

analogous

#CE9857 #C8CE57 #8DCE57

triadic

#C8CE57 #57C8CE #CE57C8

tetradic

#C8CE57 #57CE98 #5D57CE #CE578D

square

#C8CE57 #57CE98 #5D57CE #CE578D

split-complementary

#C8CE57 #578DCE #9857CE

monochromatic

#7F8427 #ADB334 #C8CE57 #D8DC86 #E7EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C8CE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#C8CE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CE57

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CE57	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.142 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc8b',
    500: '#c8ce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ce57;
$custom-light: #dbdc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.025,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82354,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CE57

secondary

#423E8B

accent

#4ADE51

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CE57

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

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